[Sky] The Russian president said missiles fired by Russian air defences to target a Ukrainian drone detonated near the Azerbaijan Airlines plane on 25 December last year.
Vladimir Putin has admitted Russia's air defences were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger jet in December, killing 38 people.
The Russian president said missiles fired by Russian air defences to target a Ukrainian drone detonated near the Azerbaijani Airlines plane, which was flying from Baku, as it prepared to land in Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, on Christmas day last year.
"The two missiles that were launched did not hit the plane directly; if that had happened, it would have crashed on the spot, but they exploded, perhaps as a self-destruction measure, a few metres away, about 10m," Mr Putin said.
"And so the damage was caused, mainly not by the warheads, but most likely by the debris from the missiles themselves. That is why the pilot perceived it as a collision with a flock of birds, which he reported to Russian air traffic controllers, and all this is recorded in the so-called 'black boxes'."
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[NewsFront] 21:52 Russian fighters have regained positions in the eastern part of Predtechino,map. 21:10 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crews destroyed four strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction.
21:05 According to operational data, our troops in Yampoltook took control of the railway station at marker 438 km and occupied the eastern part of the village, advancing in the Partizanskaya Street block all the way to the mouth of the reservoir.
20:15 In the Krasnoarmeysky direction, the Russian army occupied the southern part of Molodetskoye, as well as the nearby plantings, map.
19:14 Soldiers of the 90th Tank Division of the Russian Armed Forces brought village of Filiya in the Novopavlovsk direction under control.
18:42 Russian Armed Forces hit at a Ukrainian enterprise that enriches coal for thermal power plants.
18:39 Russian fighters have secured a foothold in the city of Rodinskoye in the Pokrovsky direction, map.
18:01 Russian Armed Forces soldiers destroyed a foreign mercenary in the Khar'kov region.
17:50 From 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the territory of the Kursk region.
17:21 Recorded Iskander strike on Ukrainian UAV assembly plants in the Kherson region.
16:36 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces entered the territory of the settlement Zolotoy Kolodez on the "Dobrovolsky ledge".
15:56 In the South Liman direction continue the battle for Yampol. Russian Armed Forces assault aircraft are also making their way from south of Zarechny toward the enemy's main defensive line in front of Liman.
14:42 According to operational information, our units started to storm the village of Molodetskoye on the border of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region.
14:20 AGS-17 "Flame" crew of the "Vostok" force group destroyed assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
14:12 Published footage of objective monitoring of military operations in the Novogrigorovka area of the Zaporizhzhia region.
13:38 Assault units have completed clearing the industrial zone of Udachny and entered the territory of the Krasnoarmeyskaya-Zapadnaya No. 1 mine.
13:25 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Predtechino in the Konstantinovsky direction, map.
13:03 A UAV unit of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed an American-made M-198 howitzer,video.
12:32 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of October 8, 2025:
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a tank, two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service in the areas of the settlements of Alekseyevka, Varachino, Kondratovka, Korchakovka, Pershe Travnya, Rogozne and Yastrebine in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Kolodeznoye and Obukhovka in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the Western group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kupyansk, Kurilovka, Novoosinovo, and Palamarevka in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their tactical position and completed the destruction of Ukrainian armed forces trapped in the area south of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of five mechanized, assault, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Druzhkovka, Zakotnoye, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Pazeno, Privolye, Reznikovka, Svyato-Pokrovskoe and Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of a heavy mechanized, five mechanized, airborne, three airborne assault, artillery, two Jaeger brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and three National Guard brigades in the areas of the populated areas of Vladimirovka, Grishino, Dimitrov, Ivanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Novonikolaevka, Rodinske, Rusin Yar, Sergeyevka, Suvorovo, and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" military group, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Novogrigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade, the marine brigade, the territorial defense brigade, and the national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Verbove, Novonikolaevka, Sosnovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Malinovka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the heavy mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Lukyanivske, Mala Tokmachka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, Lviv and Tyaginka in the Kherson region.
Tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces damaged a traction substation and rolling stock used to transport Ukrainian Armed Forces units, military airfield infrastructure, assembly shops and storage areas for unmanned aerial vehicles, a fuel depot, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in District 141.
Air defense systems shot down two guided aerial bombs, four US-made HIMARS rockets, and 218 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:28 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Konstantinovsky direction, map.
12:10 Published footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer "Bogdan" by soldiers of the "North" group of forces.
11:58 Marked change in the situation on the Dobropolsky salient.
According to updated information, Russian units have liberated Ivanovka and advanced north of Zatyshko.
11:41 Russian troops are advancing in the Khar'kov region, map.
11:33 According to operational information, our troops advanced north of Udachny, entering the mine territory in the direction of Sergeevka.
Taking the mine will provide the ability to control enemy logistics to Krasnoarmeysk along the M-30 highway.
11:25 After today's "arrival" at a critical infrastructure facility in the Chernihiv region arose, there is heavy smoke and the fire at the site that is not dying down.
10:14 Recorded Iskander strike on UAV production facility in Kherson.
10:05 As a result of the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk a woman born in 1938 was wounded
In addition, houses on Dagestanskaya Street were damaged, said municipal head Alexey Kulemzin.
9:43 Maslova Pristan village, Shebekinsky district, Belgorod region was subjected to rocket attack. According to preliminary reports, three people were killed and one was wounded.
The social facility building was partially destroyed. Emergency Ministry personnel and self-defense forces are already at the scene, clearing the rubble.
9:00 From a missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a 4-year-old girl was wounded in the Belgorod region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on the village of Moshchenoye in the Graivoron District. Two adults and a child were injured when a munition struck a private home.
According to the governor, the woman suffered a mine blast injury and multiple bruises to her arms and chest, while the man sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to his face. The four-year-old girl was preliminarily diagnosed with barotrauma. After receiving the necessary assistance, an ambulance will transport the child to the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, and the adults will be taken to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
8:55 Artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces in the DPR destroyed UAV control point and 120mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces – video.
8:20 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 on October 7 to 7:00 Moscow time on October 8, air defense systems on dutyinterceptedand 53 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed:
- 28 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- 11 UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
- Six UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region,
- Two UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
- Two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
- One UAV over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
- One UAV over the territory of the Tambov region,
- One UAV over the territory of the Smolensk region,
- One UAV over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
7:59 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Dnepr groupprovidedThe advance of Russian assault groups in the Malaya Tokmachka area in the Zaporizhzhia region.
According to operational data received from the air, the following were destroyed as a result of fire damage:
- up to 10 militants,
- electronic warfare station,
- machine gun firing points,
- vehicle.
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