Cancellation of flights from the Republic of Azerbaijan to 7 Russian cities – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, quoted by Al Jazeera, Azerbaijan Airlines announced the cancellation of its flights to seven Russian cities starting today.

On the other hand, Russian sources announced that the Kazakh Air Kazakhstan company has also stopped its flights to Yekaterinburg, Russia, for security reasons.

Meanwhile, yesterday, Euronews, citing a government source in Baku, claimed that a Russian surface-to-air missile hit a passenger plane as the reason for the downing of the flight of the state airline of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

On Thursday, Euronews, citing the government sources of the Republic of Azerbaijan, claimed that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane on Wednesday.

According to these sources, this missile was fired at flight number 8432 and exploded next to the plane during the aerial activity of the drone over Grozny. The shrapnel of this missile hit the body of the plane and caused it to crash.

Government sources in Baku have further claimed that this damaged plane, despite the pilots’ request for an emergency landing, was not allowed to land at any airport in Russia and was ordered to fly from the Caspian Sea to Aktau in Kazakhstan.

According to the data, the plane’s GPS navigation systems were jammed throughout the flight path over the sea.

According to Baku authorities, a missile from the Pantsir-S air defense system was the cause of the plane crash.

At the same time, Russian sources reported that at the same time as the Azerbaijan Airlines flight was passing through the Chechen region, the Russian Air Defense Forces were trying to shoot down the Ukrainian drones.