"Speaking at a meeting with Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev in Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe, where both were attending a summit of the former Soviet nations, Putin pledged to punish those responsible and provide compensation. Azerbaijani authorities had said the Embraer 190 jet was hit accidentally by Russian fire, then tried to land in western Kazakhstan, where it crashed and killed 38 of 67 people onboard."
"Speaking to Aliyev on Thursday, Putin said Russian air defences that had been targeting a Ukrainian drone fired on the Azerbaijani airliner because of a technical malfunction, adding that two missiles exploded just 10 metres (33 feet) away from the passenger jet. He said: The Russian side will obviously do everything to provide compensation and give legal assessment to all responsible officials' action."
"Days after the crash, Putin apologized to Aliyev for what he called a tragic incident but stopped short of acknowledging responsibility. Aliyev, meanwhile, criticised Moscow for trying to hush up the incident. The controversy over the crash has roiled the previously warm ties between Moscow and Baku. Their relations were further destabilised by deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police in a Russian city in June and a series of arrests of Russians in Azerbaijan."
Missiles fired by Russian air defences to target a Ukrainian drone exploded near an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 as it prepared to land in Grozny on 25 December 2024. The plane attempted to divert to western Kazakhstan, where it crashed and 38 of 67 people onboard were killed. Russia attributed the incident to a technical malfunction and said two missiles exploded about 10 metres from the aircraft. President Putin pledged compensation and legal assessment of responsible officials. The crash strained Russia–Azerbaijan ties, compounded by earlier deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russia and arrests on both sides.
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