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The British Foreign Office criticized Russia after President Vladimir Putin apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for the plane crash in Russian airspace. Dozens of people died as a result of the plane crash.

On Saturday, during a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Putin said he regretted “that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.”

However, Putin did not accept Russian responsibility for the crash, which killed 38 people.

In response, a representative of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development demanded a full independent investigation into what happened.

The spokesman said: “In his statement, President Putin did not admit that the reckless and irresponsible actions of the Russian state pose an acute and direct threat to the interests and national security of other states.”

The plane crashed on Wednesday near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after flying from southern Russia. At least 38 people died, 29 survived.

The United States suggested that the Russian Federation may be responsible for the downed plane. Sources in Azerbaijan also claim that Russian air defense missiles shot down the plane.

Kursor previously wrote that Putin apologized to Azerbaijan, but he did not acknowledge Moscow’s possible responsibility for the incident, despite growing evidence to the contrary.

An official statement from the Kremlin on Saturday said air defense systems fired in the area of ​​Grozny airport as the plane “repeatedly” tried to land there, but Putin did not acknowledge that Russian fire caused the plane to crash.