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Putin apologizes for downing plane in Azerbaijan: We were attacking Ukrainian drones!

Putin apologizes for downing plane in Azerbaijan: We were attacking Ukrainian

Putin spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the plane crash and apologized after the "tragic incident" with 38 fatalities occurred in Russian airspace, but did not admit that Russia was responsible.

Putin informed Aliyev that as the plane attempted to land in Grozny (the capital of the Russian region of Chechnya), Ukrainian drones were attacking Russia and Russian air defense forces repelled the attacks.

"Vladimir Putin apologized for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. At that time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defense systems repelled these attacks," a statement issued by the Kremlin said.