Russian air defences may have shot down passenger jet after misidentifying it, US intelligence suggests
Friday, 27 December 2024 Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev demands that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster. His comments come four days after the AZAL Embraer 190 plane crashed in Kazakhstan,...
As Euronews originally reported earlier in December and January, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was downed on 25 December by a missile from a Russian Pantsir-S1 system, killing 38 and injuring 29.
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Friday, 27 December 2024
Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources.
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