Azerbaijan says Russia pledged to punish those responsible for plane crash
A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Azamat Sarsenbayev/File Photo
Azerbaijan said Monday that Moscow had promised to identify and punish those responsible for the downing of Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku says was shot at by Russian air defences before crash landing in Kazakhstan on December 25.
Azerbaijan's General Prosecutor said in a statement that Russia -- which has not confirmed that one of its air defence missiles hit the plane -- had informed Baku that "intensive measures are being carried out to identify the guilty people and bring them to criminal responsibility."
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