US EditionNew Evidence Suggests Russian Forces Caused Azerbaijan Airlines Crash
- On December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 was struck by a missile over Grozny, Chechnya, causing a crash in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people and injuring 29.
- The incident took place while Russian air defenses were actively responding to suspected Ukrainian drone incursions, with Captain Dmitry Paladichuk reportedly receiving a phone order to engage the target even though thick fog prevented visual identification.
- Leaked audio recordings and a letter, allegedly signed by Paladichuk, confirm commands to engage the target, while Azerbaijani sources identified the weapon as a Russian Pantsir-S1 missile defense system.
- Azerbaijani President Aliyev publicly accused Russia of shooting down the plane, demanded an apology, admission of guilt, punishment of the responsible, and compensation, while Putin called the crash a "tragic incident" but stopped short of admitting responsibility.
- The crash caused a diplomatic crisis, worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations, triggering raids on Russian outlets in Baku, detentions of alleged spies, and highlighting tensions despite prior political and economic ties.
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Chilling audio reveals moment Russians shot down plane on X-mas killing 38
A CHILLING audio clip has emerged revealing the moment Russians shot down a passenger plane on Christmas that left 38 people dead. New evidence suggests the Russians knew the object in the sky they were aiming at was not a Ukrainian drone. AFPEmergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau[/caption] AFPThe wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground wit…
Russia was already suspected of having shot down an aircraft of the Azerbaijan Airlines in December. Now there are new clues.
Baku threatened that the case of the AZAL plane crash is still going on: EADaily
EADaily, July 2nd, 2025. The investigation into the crash of the AZAL passenger plane continues in three countries. This was stated today, July 2, by the head of the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office Nemat Avazov at a press conference "on the criminal case of the murder of Azerbaijanis in Russia…
Russian officer admits to downing Azerbaijani airliner in reported leak
A person claiming to be a Russian officer said he had received an order to open fire at an aerial target last December that turned out to be an Azerbaijani airliner, Azerbaijani news outlet Minval reported on July 1, citing audio and a written statement it had received.An Embraer 190AR plane operated by Azarbaijan Airlines crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, 2024, after coming under fire over Grozny, Chechnya. Thirty-eight people were killed.Azerb…
An Azerbaijani media outlet published evidence on Tuesday suggesting that the Russian military ordered the 2024 missile attack on Flight 8243, causing a crash that killed 38 passengers and injured 29 others. Russian military forces were involved in the missile attack on Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, which crashed on December 25, 2024, a new audio recording and a letter published by an Azerbaijani news website on Tuesday purport to prove, the …
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