what happened to the Azerbaijani passenger plane – UNIAN
The United States of America and Ukraine believe that the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane could have been shot down by Russian air defense forces.
The Guardian writes about this, citing official representatives of both countries. In addition, several sources in Azerbaijan adhere to the version involving Russian air defense. Meanwhile, Russia is trying to downplay these statements.
Kremlin ruler Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the investigation into the causes of the disaster was ongoing and it would be wrong to make preliminary assumptions. Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan Ashimbaev Maulen called accusations of shelling by the Russian air defense unfounded and unethical:
“None of these countries – neither Azerbaijan, nor Russia, nor Kazakhstan – are interested in…