While flying between Baku and Grozny with 67 people on board, an Azerbaijan Airlines airliner crashed on December 25 in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. A “tradgy” for which Russia would be responsible, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
Three days after the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines airliner this Wednesday, December 25 in western Kazakhstan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Friday for a “thorough investigation” into the circumstances of the tragedy, ensuring that he sees responsibility Russia’s “obvious” role in this tragedy.
“Every human life is precious and every loss of life deserves a thorough investigation to establish the truth,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on X.
The Azerbaijan Airlines airliner was flying between the country’s capital Baku and Grozny in Chechnya with 67 people on board. For reasons still unknown, the plane deviated from its initial trajectory and crashed more than 400 kilometers from its destination. In total, 38 people died.
“Clear visual evidence”
Still on “We can see how the clear visual evidence at the crash site indicates Russia’s responsibility for the tragedy,” the Ukrainian president said.
“If Russia decides to spread lies as it did in the #MH17 affair, we will have to consolidate all international pressure on Moscow to establish the truth and ensure accountability” , he added.
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For its part, the Kremlin indicated this Friday that it would not make comments before the end of the investigation into the crash. “An investigation is underway. We believe that we have no right to comment before the conclusions of the investigation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Russia in turn did not hesitate to blame Ukraine. “At that time, Ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks against civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz,” the head of the Russian civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia, Dmitri Yadrov, further indicated on Telegram.
