Russia Accidentally Shot Azerbaijan Airlines Plane, Azeri Leader Says
- ‘We aren’t saying that it was done intentionally’: Aliyev
- Azeri leader urges Russia to admit guilt, compensate victims
Workers carry a coffin with a body of a victim from a plane after the Azerbaijani Airlines crashed, near Aktau.
Photographer: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images
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Russia shot at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane “by accident” on Dec. 25, leading to the aircraft’s fatal crash, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told state TV on Sunday, calling on Moscow to take responsibility for the incident.
Aliyev spoke to AZTV a day after he had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who apologized for the incident without specifically saying that Russia had been at fault. The pair spoke again on Sunday about “various issues related to the crash,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax. No further details were provided.