It comes amid mounting allegations that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defenses attempting to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike.

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident." ...

The president of Azerbaijan said Sunday that the passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, was unintentionally shot down by the Russian military. He also accused Russia of trying ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an "absurd" cover-up after its air defenses allegedly "shot down" a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

On Oct. 4, 2001, a plane carrying passengers from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk, Russia, was shot down over the Black Sea, killing 38 Russians and 40 Israelis on board. Nearly 10 days after the incident ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane flew hundreds of miles off its scheduled route from Baku to Grozny, and crashed on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Russia's aviation watchdog said a bird strike ...

AZERBAIJAN president Ilham Aliyev confirmed the passenger plane that crashed killing 38 people was shot down by Russia. Aliyev made the blistering public statement after a phone call with ...

"We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. (...) We are not saying that it was done intentionally, but it was done,” he told Azerbaijani state television.

Japan saw scrambles by the Japan Air Self Defense Force decrease for the first three quarters of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 period (Japan’s fiscal year is from Apr. 1 to Mar. 30), down 34 scrambles ...

Russia attacked Ukraine using cruise and ballistic missiles on Jan. 15, targeting critical infrastructure in several oblasts.

The crash on Wednesday killed 38 of 67 people on board Russian President Vladimir ... "We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia,” he told Azerbaijani state television.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed this week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to "hush ...