The Kremlin has reported that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Kremlin said. The parties discussed issues related to the crash of the Azal airline plane on December 25 near Aktau, UNN reports , citing the Russian media.
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According to the information, Vladimir Putin apologized to Ilham Aliyev for the crash of the Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace.
In addition, it was noted in the conversation that an Azerbaijani passenger plane, which was moving strictly according to the schedule, repeatedly tried to land at the airport in Grozny. At this time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were attacked by combat unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defense systems "repelled these attacks".
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Earlier UNN wrote that according to Flightradar24, the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was flying over the area where drones were being shot at before the crash. The distress signal was sent between 8:23 and 8:25 when the plane was over Grozny.