Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38 people had been damaged due to shooting from the ground in Russia, Azerbaijan state television reported.

Experts and officials with knowledge of probe say evidence points to passenger jet being hit by Pantsir system before crash that killed 38; Moscow warns against premature 'hypotheses'

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, likely caused by Russian air defense, shines light on a glaring issue the Kremlin has long swept under the rug.