- Azerbaijan Blames Russia for Plane Crash and Rebukes Kremlin The New York Times
- Azerbaijan’s president accuses Russia of downing airliner in Christmas Day crash and covering up cause CNN
- Crashed Azerbaijan plane damaged by fire from Russia, Azerbaijani president says ABC News
- Azerbaijan president accuses Russia of ‘absurd’ plane crash cover-up, says flight was ‘shot down’ Fox News
- Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down The Associated Press