The 53-page preliminary report published by Kazakhstan's transport ministry included photographs of the plane.

As Euronews originally reported earlier in December and January, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was downed on 25 December by a missile from a Russian Pantsir-S1 system, killing 38 and injuring 29. Vi

An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan was hit by a Russian Pantsir-S air defence system, an Azerbaijani government source told Reuters on Tuesday.

An Azerbaijani passenger aircraft that crashed last December was hit by a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system, according to Tuesday report by Reuters. The plane had been diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan before the incident occurred.