Leaked note shows Russian military captain admit to ordering missile strike on Azerbaijan Airlines flight
The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, 25 December 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/AZAMAT SARSENBAYEV A leaked note allegedly written by a Russian military captain, in which he takes responsibility for transmitting the final order to shoot down a passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan last December, has been made public after Minval, an Azerbaijani media outlet, published the letter on Tuesday.