Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.
Europe warns its airlines to stay away through next summer, as Ukraine turns skies of western Russia into a battlefield.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of air terror” against airlines
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was traveling from the Azerbaijani ... incident occurred in Russian airspace,” but did not accept responsibility. Putin said Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in Grozny ...