The Azerbaijani edition of Minval called the names of the Russian military who was on duty while launching a rocket on the Baku -Grozny flight - Grozny

Journalists of the Azerbaijani edition of Minval recognized the names of the Russian military, which can be involved in the shelling of the Azal aircraft in the sky over Terrible in December 2024.

According to their information, at the time of launch of the missile there were an operational on-duty command post of the 4th Guards Air Force and Air Defense, Colonel Gennady Nikolaevich Eremenko, the operational headquarters of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Yanovsky and the senior navigator of the Battle Directorate of the Bill Particular Division, Captain Dmitry Pudovkin.

Earlier, Minval reported that the commander of the 51st Air Defense Division Alexander Tolopilo gave the direct order to hit the aircraft. The executor of the attack, as the publication writes, was Captain Pudovkin.

Where exactly this information was received, journalists do not specify.

The Astra telegram channel with reference to the merged databases confirms that Yeremenko, Yanovsky and Pudovkin are really related to the military service. Journalists tried to contact Pudovkin and Yanovsky, but they refused to talk.

On December 25, 2024, near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan , the Embraer E-190 passenger aircraft , which operated Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) Baku-Grozny, fell. As a result of the disaster, at least 38 people died. Some passengers and crew members survived.

After the crash on the wreckage of the aircraft, especially in the tail and the steering wheel, found numerous holes resembling traces from the damaging elements of an explosive device or missiles. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the board received damage "due to the shelling of the ground" and that Russia "wants to hush up the question" about the causes of the crash.

In February 2025, the Reuters source in the Azerbaijani government said that a fragment of the shell-s complex was found at the crash site, which Russia uses.

On July 20, Aliyev spoke about the preparation of materials for appeal to the International Court regarding the crash of the aircraft.