Investigators have identified one of the two surviving women from the Aktau plane crash as a citizen of Azerbaijan, while the identity of the second woman remains unknown.

Russia launched a huge Christmas Day attack on Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones. The Russian attack wounded at least six people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and killed one in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, the governors there said.

Flight was operating in an area where Moscow’s air defenses have battled Ukrainian drones in recent weeks.

A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia with 67 people on board crashed in Kazakhstan Wednesday, authorities said.

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet was en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia. The plane went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after being diverted due to fog. There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board the plane, Kazakhstan's transport ministry said.

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Russia crashed, hospitalizing survivors while dozens are feared dead.

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash on Christmas Day has prompted speculation the plane was shot down by Russia after it took a detour of hundreds of miles in the wrong direction and crash-landed with holes in the fuselage.

Flight was operating in an area where Moscow’s air defenses have battled Ukrainian drones in recent weeks.

Tengrinews.kz - On December 25, a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, flight AHY8243, crashed on the Baku-Grozny route. Azerbaijani media reports on the heroism of the crew, thanks to which it was possible to save people's lives.

An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. The aircraft was headed from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny, Russia with 62 passengers and five crew members on board. The tragedy claimed the lives of 38 people while 29 survivors were hospitalized.

The death toll has risen to 38 after an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.The plane, which had 62 passengers and five crew members on board,