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Anton Gerashchenko: more evidence points to Azerbaijan airliner being brought down by Russian air defenses
Anton Gerashchenko
More and more evidence points to the fact that the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan yesterday was hit by Russian air defense systems.
The plane, traveling from Baku, Azerbaijan, to the capital of Russian Chechnya, Grozny, crash-landed near Aktau in Kazakhstan. At least 38 people were killed.
Despite the initial reports that the plane hit a flock of birds as it was approaching Grozny, even Russian Telegram channels are doubtful that this was the case.
◼️According to VChK-OGPU, the plane issued a distress call due to an “impact” while flying over Naursky District, just north of Grozny Airport. Several Russian military bases, including those with anti-aircraft capabilities, are dislocated there.
◼️GPS spoofing in the area also allegedly made the landing more difficult.
◼️A drone attack on Chechnya was reported at the same time as the plane was hit, yet the airspace was not closed, as procedure demands.
◼️The photos and videos from the crash site show the damage to the plane’s fuselage that is consistent with the impact of air defense missiles (specifically, shrapnel from the explosions that mark the tail). The surviving passengers also reported several explosions heard outside the plane before the crash.
Are Putin and Kadyrov going to admit this and pay for the compensation? I have doubts.
Russia is a chaotic, savage country that downs civilian aircraft and does not suffer any consequences.
Video in tweet below
5:39 AM · Dec 26, 2024
More and more evidence points to the fact that the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan yesterday was hit by Russian air defense systems.
The plane, traveling from Baku, Azerbaijan, to the capital of Russian Chechnya, Grozny, crash-landed near Aktau in Kazakhstan. At least 38 people were killed.
Despite the initial reports that the plane hit a flock of birds as it was approaching Grozny, even Russian Telegram channels are doubtful that this was the case.
◼️According to VChK-OGPU, the plane issued a distress call due to an “impact” while flying over Naursky District, just north of Grozny Airport. Several Russian military bases, including those with anti-aircraft capabilities, are dislocated there.
◼️GPS spoofing in the area also allegedly made the landing more difficult.
◼️A drone attack on Chechnya was reported at the same time as the plane was hit, yet the airspace was not closed, as procedure demands.
◼️The photos and videos from the crash site show the damage to the plane’s fuselage that is consistent with the impact of air defense missiles (specifically, shrapnel from the explosions that mark the tail). The surviving passengers also reported several explosions heard outside the plane before the crash.
Are Putin and Kadyrov going to admit this and pay for the compensation? I have doubts.
Russia is a chaotic, savage country that downs civilian aircraft and does not suffer any consequences.
Video in tweet below
5:39 AM · Dec 26, 2024
A bird strike wouldn't poke little holes like that in the skin of the fuselage.
Link to tweet
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3le7cilkbrc2s
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