Summary
The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin’s apology over the Azerbaijan Airlines crash, which killed 38 people and injured 29, and called for a “full and independent” investigation.
The UK Foreign Office criticized Putin’s apology, stating it “fails to recognise that the reckless and irresponsible actions of the Russian State pose an acute and direct threat to the interests and national security of other states.”
The plane, en route from Baku to Grozny, crashed in Kazakhstan amid Russian air defense activity.
Evidence suggests it may have been misidentified and struck by a Russian missile.
And yet, like I said, this “accident” keeps happening. And only Russia keeps “accidentally” shooting down passenger jets.
I get the point, though I feel uncomfortable making such accusations without concrete evidence.
Also, it would just be really stupid to be doing that on purpose.
And yet no other country has “accidentally” shot down passenger jets repeatedly. Only Russia has this sort of “accident.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_incidents
There’s a few, but yeah, the majority of recent ones are Russian/Russian-alligned. I’m not sure there’s another battlefield with an equal amount of civilian air traffic and air defense systems, though.