MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The Kremlin said in a statement that air defense systems were firing near...

His statement stopped short of saying the plane was shot down by Russian air defenses

The Kremlin says the call took place at Putin’s request.

The Kremlin said the call took place at Putin's request.

The Azerbaijani jet crashed on Christmas Day after encountering difficulties in Russian airspace.

An Azerbaijani jet crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev for the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 in

Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia.

The Azerbaijani plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. Putin’s apology came amid mounting allegations that the plane had been shot […]

Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan for a plane crash in Kazakhstan, killing 38, amid speculation of Russian air defense involvement.

Two U.S. military officials told NBC News that they had intelligence indicating that Russians may have misidentified the plane and shot it down. Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the president of Azerbaijan for the crash of the civilian airliner that killed 38 people, the Kremlin said Saturday, stopping short of admitting responsiblity.“Vladimir Putin apologized for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace,” the Kremlin said. The airliner had “repeatedly attempted to land” at the Grozny airport, Putin told Ilham Aliyev, which a t the time was being “attacked by Ukrainian combat drones.” Putin did not say if the plane was hit by Russian air defenses but the Kremlin said that an investigation was underway and civilian and military specialists were being interrogated. The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash-landed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Christmas day, killing 38 of the 67 people on board. According to a readout by Aliyev’s office, the Azerbaijan president told Putin…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to his Azerbaijan's counterpart Ilham Aliyev over the tragic Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crash which occurred in Russia's airspace on...