Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has accused Russia of shooting down an Azerbaijani airliner in western Kazakhstan on Christmas Day and trying to cover up the cause of the crash. 

On December 28, 2024, the Kremlin confirmed that Russian air defenses were in action on December 25, 2024. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not admit that Russia was to blame for the crash. He only apologized “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace”. 

During an interview with Azerbaijani state television on December 29, 2024, Aliyev called on Russia to “admit its guilt” for unintentionally shooting down the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E-190 aircraft.  

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