The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, blamed Russia for the accident of the Azerbaijani plane that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan and requested that the international community exert pressure to clarify what happened. In addition, he recalled the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, carried out by pro-Russian separatists.
“We can see how clear visual evidence at the point of impact points to Russian responsibility for the tragedy”Zelensky stated in X after conveying his condolences to the people of Azerbaijan for the accident, in which 38 people, including crew and passengers, died.
The president stressed that all human lives are valuable and that a thorough investigation is needed to establish the truth about what happened.
“If Russia decides to spread lies in the same way it did with the MH17 case, we will need to consolidate all international pressure on Moscow to establish the truth and ensure accountability”he added.
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Previously, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andri Sibiga, assured that Moscow forced the plane, which was destined for the Chechen capital of Grozny, in the Russian Federation, to cross the Caspian Sea towards Azerbaijan. “to hide the evidence of his crime.”
According to Sibiga, the photos and videos of the interior of the cabin and after the impact reveal that Russian anti-aircraft defenses were responsible for the plane crashing.
The spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, also stated this Friday that there are “preliminary indications” that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane may have been “shot down” by Russian forces.
The Russian aviation authority recognized this Friday that Ukrainian drones carried out an attack against two cities in Chechnya, including Grozny, and decided to apply a “contingency plan” in the area that coincided with the flight of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane. then damaged.
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