US intelligence points to possible misidentification of Azerbaijani plane by Russia, MSNBC reports
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 27, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 27, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

US intelligence suggests Russia may have misidentified an Azerbaijani plane as a drone, leading to its crash in Kazakhstan, MSNBC reports.
(Reuters) - There is U.S. intelligence that Russia may have mistakenly shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after misidentifying it as an incoming drone, MSNBC reported on Friday, citing two unidentified U.S. military sources.
(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones)
The article discusses US intelligence suggesting Russia may have mistakenly shot down an Azerbaijani plane.
The Azerbaijani plane crashed in Kazakhstan, possibly due to Russian misidentification.
The incident was reported by MSNBC, citing US military sources.
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