Azerbaijan Airlines Disaster: Expert Reveals Evidence of Missile Strike on Passenger Plane over RF.

Expert Confirms Plane Hit by Missile

Ukrainian military expert Serhiy Kovalenko analyzed video materials from the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan. According to him, there is substantial evidence of the plane being hit by a missile.

'The video shows that the plane sustained damage as a result of the incident. The damage on the outside of the plane confirms that it was inflicted during the flight from Russia to Kazakhstan, over Chechnya,' said Kovalenko.

The expert also noted that the footage shows injured passengers, with blood streaming from their injuries, indicating puncture wounds in the plane's fuselage.

'Detailed documentation of the aircraft's damage confirms that a missile with a short or medium range was used. It is likely that it was a missile system from the Pantsir-S1 air defense complex,' emphasized Kovalenko.

The expert also mentioned the Russian side's decision to redirect the plane to Kazakhstan: 'The Russian side, realizing it had fired a missile at a passenger plane, made the most dangerous decision - to redirect the aircraft not to its own airfield, but to Kazakhstan.'

This morning, the Embraer E190AR aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines, operating flight J28243 from Baku to Grozny, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. There were 67 people on board, of whom 29 survived. According to Flightradar data, the aircraft disappeared from radar in the Caspian region, then was spotted near Vladikavkaz, and after that, an accident was declared over the Caspian Sea.