US EditionNew Evidence Suggests Russian Forces Caused Azerbaijan Airlines Crash
OVER GROZNY, CHECHNYA (RUSSIAN AIRSPACE), JUL 1 – Audio recordings and letters reveal direct Russian military orders to shoot down Flight 8243, killing 38 and injuring 29, amid confusion over Ukrainian drone activity, Azerbaijani sources say.
- On July 1, Minval published leaked audio recordings, an anonymous letter, and an explanatory note alleging Russian military authorization in the December 2024 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 shootdown.
- Minval published leaked audio, an anonymous letter, and notes claiming Paladichuk was ordered by phone to shoot down Flight 8243 amid thick fog and Ukrainian drone threats.
- Leaked voice messages and radar logs confirm two missile launches, with shrapnel damaging the aircraft and data showing it moved faster than typical drones.
- Following the revelation, Azerbaijan and Russia clashed publicly; Baku raided Sputnik and detained alleged spies amid escalating diplomatic tensions.
- Today, investigators from Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan have about 100 examinations underway in the ongoing probe into the December 2024 downing of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, with Avazov outlining the criminal case.
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New document claims Russian military OK’d passenger plane downing
An Azerbaijani news site has released explosive new material, claiming the Russian military authorised the 2024 missile strike on Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, a tragedy that left 38 people dead and 29 injured. Minval reports that it received an anonymous message, accompanied by audio clips and technical data, which traces the incident back to Captain Dmitry Sergeyevich Paladichuk—a Russian… Source
The Azerbaijani Minval news agency reported on July 1 that a person claiming to be a Russian officer claimed that he had received an order last December to open fire on an aerial target, which was later revealed to be an Azerbaijani passenger plane that had crashed in Kazakhstan.
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…
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