White House: Russian air defense probably caused the downing of the Azerbaijani plane
report Mehr News Agency quoted by Euronews, White House spokesman John Kirby claimed that in the accident of the passenger plane of the Republic of Azerbaijan near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, there were early signs of the possibility of the plane being shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Air Russia story It has.
This claim was made a few hours after Rashad Nabiyev, the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, claimed that the passenger plane was exposed to “external interference”. And while trying to land in the autonomous region like in Russia, it has been damaged from inside and outside.
At least 38 people were killed after the passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed. This plane crashed with 62 passengers and five crew members. All 29 survivors of this incident were also injured.
Kirby claimed in a group of reporters: America has seen some early signs that definitely point to the possibility of shooting down this plane by Russian air defense systems.
However, Kirby declined to provide details on the issue, saying it was still under investigation.
Nabiyev said earlier that the results of preliminary research by experts indicate foreign interference.
The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan has announced that the country’s investigators are cooperating with Grozny about this accident.
The Russian authorities have also announced that the situation in Grozny is “very complicated” and at the time of the accident, the no-fly protocol was in place over Grozny.
Meanwhile, Russian sources reported that at the same time as the Azerbaijan Airlines flight was passing through the Chechen region, the Russian air defense forces were trying to shoot down Ukrainian drones.
