MBABANE:White House Spokesman John Kirby has said the United States(US) has seen “early indications” that Russia may have been responsible for the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on 25 December, killing thirty-eight(38) people.
The British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) reported on Saturday that, Kirby did not elaborate further, but told reporters the US had offered assistance to the investigation into the crash.
“The plane is thought to have come under fire from Russian air defence systems as it tried to land in Chechnya before being diverted across the Caspian Sea to Kazakhstan, where it crashed.The Kremlin has refused to comment, but the head of Russia's civil aviation agency said the situation in Chechnya was “very complicated” due to Ukrainian drone strikes on the region,” BBC reported.
US accuses Russia of alleged involvement in downed Azerbaijani plane(EPA).