A plane which crashed killing 38 people on Christmas Day was shot at from the ground as it travelled over Russia, the president of Azerbaijan said. Ilham Aliyev said today that he regretted that ‘some circles’ in Russia had tried to hush up the truth by sowing false narratives about what caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane to crash.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed disappointment over efforts by some circles in Russia to conceal the truth surrounding the crash. He accused them of spreading false narratives about the cause of the incident,