Azerbaijani media have published an anonymous letter containing an explanatory note by a Russian air defense captain from Grozny (Chechnya), claiming that the fire at the Azerbaijani AZAL Embraer E190 passenger plane was opened on the orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Reportedly, the letter also contains video... footage, audio recordings, and details about the poor condition of the equipment. The plane crashed on December 25, 2024 as it approached Grozny. In all probability, it was shot down by a Russian air defense missile. 38 people were killed. ASTRA media claims to have spoken to the air defense commander who gave the order to shoot at the plane. According to them, he did not deny that he wrote the note. Azerbaijani media also claimed that the authenticity of the audio message and the note have been confirmed. Text of the explanatory note: "Regarding the questions addressed to me, I, Captain Dmitry Sergeyevich Paladichuk, can explain the following: I am the commander of combat vehicle No. 274, head of the crew, and was on combat duty covering the city of Grozny from December 24 to December 25, 2024. At 05:40 on December 25, 2024, an order was received to switch to combat readiness level 1. At 05:48, I reported the transition to readiness level 1 via mobile communication. The mobile connection at the site was unstable, and I had no other reliable means of communication. Fiber-optic cables were laid but not connected to the terminal, and there was no digital phone with a dialing panel. At 08:11, the target detection station identified a potential target, which I locked onto for precise tracking using the MRLS, and I reported this to the command post of the 51st Division. At 08:13, I reported updated coordinates: azimuth 338 degrees, range 7,000 meters, altitude 490 meters, speed 118 m/s, heading 230 degrees. I was given an order by phone to destroy the target. The target was not visible optically due to very dense fog, which I reported to the command post. At 08:13:30, I issued the fire command to the operator. At 08:13:33, the missile was launched. At 08:13:47, the TSVS BM-72V6 system indicated that the target was missed. At 08:13:48, I gave the order to fire again. According to the MRLS data, the first missile was launched when the target had the following coordinates: azimuth 319 degrees, range 7,300 meters, altitude 697 meters, speed 80 m/s. The second missile was launched when the target had the following coordinates: azimuth 311 degrees, range 8,000 meters, altitude 1,300 meters, speed 120 m/s."show more

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