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Putin admits Russia's part in fatal jet crash
Western Daily Press
|October 10, 2025
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has said Russia’s air defences were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December.
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In his first admission of responsibility for the crash, which killed 38 people Mr Putin said the missiles fired by Russian air defences to target a Ukrainian drone exploded near the Azerbaijani Airlines plane preparing to land in Grozny, on December ber 25 2
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