Putin admits Russia shot down Azerbaijan Airlines plane, killing 38 - The Russian president has also promised compensation for the crash ...

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, an Embraer E190 service from Baku to Grozny, was struck when Russian air-defense missiles aimed at a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle detonated near the passenger ...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed ...

The Russian president makes his first public admission of responsibility for the crash, in an effort to improve relations ...

In a significant diplomatic move, the Russian President Vladimir Putin formally acknowledged on Thursday, October 9, 2025, that the December 2024 crash of an Azerbaijani passenger jet, which ...

The Russian leader said there were "several causes" of the "tragedy," and the first was a Ukrainian drone in the sky.

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's air defense was to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and publicly acknowledged for the first time ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Thursday that Russia's air defense systems were responsible for downing an ...

Vladimir Putin admits that Russia shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane killing 38 people with their air defences ...