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Putin apologises to Aliyev over 'terrible event' with Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a awful incident which happened in Russian airspace including an Azerbaijan Airlines guest aircraft that crashed on Wednesday.

Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia where Ukrainian drones were reported to be assaulting numerous cities. A minimum of 38 individuals were killed while 29 survived.

( President) Vladimir Putin apologised for the terrible incident that happened in Russian airspace and once again revealed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wanted a speedy recovery to the injured, the Kremlin said in a statement.

It was kept in mind in the conversation that the Azerbaijani passenger aircraft, which was taking a trip according to its schedule, repeatedly tried to land at Grozny airport. At that time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial cars, and Russian air defense systems warded off these attacks, the Kremlin said.

(source: Reuters)