
ArmInfo. Russian military correspondent, blogger, and analyst Yuri Kotenok called the information about "external interference" in the crash of a Turkish military transport plane on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border a fabrication.
He called interesting the assertions by Turkish media outlets that one of the investigation's theories regarding the crash of the C-130 military transport plane, which crashed on the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia and was carrying Turkish military personnel, F-16 maintenance specialists, and fighter jet spare parts, is external interference.
"In other words, the plane could have been shot down. By whom, how, and why-they haven't specified. This was fabricated amid numerous questions about how the transport plane could have suddenly exploded in mid-air and whether there was anything else on board that sometimes explodes," the expert noted. It's noteworthy that the day before, an Azerbaijani MP blamed the 102nd Russian military base, stationed in Gyumri, for the tragedy. He claimed that the incident was the work of Russian troops stationed in Armenia. Curiously, such unfounded claims cannot have any basis in reality, if only because of the plane's location. It appears that Georgian air defense forces missed the infiltration of their territory.
According to the list published by the Turkish side, most of the victims were Turkish Air Force officers. Moreover, the Georgian side has already stated that it found no traces of external influence on the wreckage.