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VOA Russian: Expert says Russian missile most likely caused plane crash in Kazakhstan


In this photo released by Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry Press Service, a rescuer searches through wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lying on the ground near the airport at Aktau, Kazakhstan, Dec. 26, 2024.
In this photo released by Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry Press Service, a rescuer searches through wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lying on the ground near the airport at Aktau, Kazakhstan, Dec. 26, 2024.

VOA Russian speaks to aviation expert Konstantin Kryvolap, who takes apart Moscow's official versions of the crash of the Russia-bound Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan and says a Russian missile was the only viable cause. Kryvolap says as soon as the first photos and videos from the crash site started to trickle in, this became obvious, taking into account the shrapnel damage on the plane fuselage.

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