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Putin mentioned the airliner was making an attempt to land in Grozny amid Ukrainian drone assaults within the space. “Russian air protection methods repelled these assaults,” he added.
The Azerbaijani president added that “some circles” in Russia had tried to cowl up the true nature of the airplane crash by suggesting it was attributable to a flock of birds or the explosion of a gasoline cylinder on the airliner.
“In different phrases, this clearly confirmed that the Russian aspect needed to cowl up the problem, which, after all, is unbecoming of anybody,” Aliyev mentioned.
He added that the incident was “after all” unintentional. “There might be no speak of a deliberate act of terror right here. Therefore, admitting the guilt, apologizing in a well timed method to Azerbaijan, which is taken into account a pleasant nation, and informing the general public about this — all these had been measures and steps that ought to have been taken,” Aliyev mentioned.
“Unfortunately, for the primary three days, we heard nothing from Russia aside from some absurd theories,” he mentioned.
The civilian airliner was flying on Wednesday from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechen Republic. After passengers reported listening to a blast, the airplane diverted lots of of kilometers from its route and crashed close to the town of Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing 38 folks. There had been 29 survivors.
