The investigation into last December’s Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash is concluding, and the causes of the tragedy are now fully clear, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, APA reports.
“The investigation is concluding, and now we can speak in full about the causes of this tragedy and disaster. It is related to several factors,” the Russian President noted.
According to him, the first factor was the presence of a Ukrainian drone in the sky, and “the second reason is technical malfunctions in Russia’s air defense system.”