r/worldnews • u/DomesticErrorist22 • 1d ago

Preliminary investigation confirms Russian missile caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash Russia/Ukraine

https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/exclusive-preliminary-investigation-confirms-russian-missile-over-grozny-caused-aktau-cras
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u/knifetrader 1d ago

There's no need to cover it up. They'll say that it's ultimately Ukraine's fault since air defense wouldn't have been active in the area if it hadn't been for Ukraine's drone attacks. Sadly, that argument - bogus as it is - will sway enough people, especially in Azerbaijan, which is, of course, a country not opposed to redrawing borders by force itself.

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u/_learned_foot_ 1d ago

That will work for the international penalty sure, but what about for international commerce, the companies don’t care who did it, they care if their plane is safe or not. And not tomorrow, right now.

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u/ZachMN 1d ago

Ukraine wouldn’t be sending drones if Russia hadn’t invaded.

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u/shingdao 1d ago

Azerbaijan, which is, of course, a country not opposed to redrawing borders by force itself.

Sure, but the so called 'redrawing borders by force' was actually reclaiming former sovereign territory after decades of Armenian occupation.

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u/LockeyCheese 1d ago

Right? Russia shouldn't be pissing off it's neighbors while it's looking like a plump pig that's almost ready to carve up. China already has made some headstarts on that, but if Russia looks like it's about to collapse, all that oil land will be a nice consolation prize.

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u/SpacecraftX 1d ago

That’s the same argument Putin makes for gobbling up neighbouring territory.

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u/shingdao 1d ago

Nagorno-Karabakh has zero equivalency to what Putin is doing in Ukraine FFS.

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u/CandidateOld1900 22h ago

Displacing population, that was living there for decades over the territory they don't even need in order to restore "historical justice" Or whatever