MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized on Saturday to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for a “tragic incident” that happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed after air defenses were used against Ukrainian drones.

Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia where Ukrainian drones were reported to be attacking several cities. At least 38 people were killed. There were 29........

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