The Kremlin said Putin had "offered his apologies that the tragic incident had occurred in Russia's airspace." ...

Russian president says the airliner was attempting to land in Grozny amid Ukrainian drone attacks in the area.

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's president for a "tragic incident" which happened in Russian ...

The Kremlin in a statement said that Russia’s air defence system was firing against the Ukrainian drone strike near Grozny, ...

Vladimir Putin says incident occurred in Russian airspace, but stops short of acknowledging Moscow’s possible role.

The Kremlins says Vladimir Putin has told Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev that Russian air defence was active when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Russia's south before it crashed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to Azerbaijan's President for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed ...

Moscow: Russian leader Vladimir Putin told his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday that Russian air defence was ...

Two U.S. military officials told NBC News that they had intelligence indicating that Russians may have misidentified the plane and shot it down.

The president says Russia's air defence systems were active when the plane attempted to land, but hasn't said Russia was ...