Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace, but did not say whether Russia was responsible for the incident...
Azerbaijani Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev said on Dec. 27 that a preliminary investigation determined that an airliner that crashed on Wednesday experienced an “external impact” before the crash.
The White House National Security Council announced there are early indications that the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 on Dec. 25 was caused by Russian air defense systems.