Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash on Christmas but did not take responsibility for causing it as an investigation continues into the matter.

The AZAL passenger plane went down in Kazakhstan due to external interference. They were received when the plane was in Russian airspace, states Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Aliyev noted that the passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines,

Moscow said air defence systems were firing near Grozny in Chechnya on Wednesday, but stopped short of saying the passenger plane was hit by one of them.View on euronews