Four sources quoted by Reuters said that Russian air defenses mistakenly shot down the aircraft as Moscow claims it was prevented from landing at Grozny due to a drone attack from Ukraine.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny ... area was being attacked by Ukrainian combat drones. Aliyev on Monday again accused Russia of ...

The plane was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to Grozny when it turned toward ... to land in Grozny in deep fog, Ukrainian drones were targeting the city, prompting authorities to ...

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for ... plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault. By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Baku, Azerbaijan ...

When it set off from Baku on Wednesday morning, the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was flying over a part of Russia’s North Caucasus that has been targeted by Ukrainian drones in recent weeks.

“Baku expects the Russian side to confess ... has repeatedly used air defence systems against Ukrainian drone strikes. Azerbaijan Airlines said the Embraer 190 jet, with flight number J2-8243 ...

An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan was hit by a Russian ...

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