Russia shot at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane “by accident” on Dec. 25, leading to the aircraft’s fatal crash, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told state TV on Sunday, calling on Moscow to take responsibility for the incident.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev says the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the Azerbaijani Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was attacked from the ground on Russian territory. Source: Ilham Aliyev, quoted by TASS; Azerbaijani media outlet Caliber;