Putin claimed the missiles did not directly strike the aircraft but exploded a few meters away. He said the plane was likely hit by fragments. According to Putin, Russia at the time was “hunting for ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that Russian missiles detonated near an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane last year, causing the crash that killed 38 people. The admission marks the ...

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has for the first time acknowledged that the crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane last December was caused by Russian air defense mistakes and promised ...

DUSHANBE, October 9. /TASS/. Russia is providing every assistance to the investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his Azerbaijani ...

DUSHANBE, October 9. /TASS/. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is confident that Russia's investigation into the causes of the AZAL plane crash is fair and objective. "With this investigation under ...

Former pilots say the speed at which the aircraft appears to have broken up mid-air suggests a ‘catastrophic event’ occurred ...