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Putin admission on downed jet
Liverpool Echo
|October 10, 2025
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has said Russia's air defences were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the crash in an apparent bid to ease tensions between the neighbours.
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Speaking at a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, where both arrived to attend a summit of the former Soviet nations, Mr Putin pledged to punish those responsible and provide compensation for the victims.
This story is from the October 10, 2025 edition of Liverpool Echo.
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