Putin’s mea culpa, something we aren’t used to:
Russia's leader apologises over the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame.
www.bbc.com
Nobody will be fooled though, Russians interest in the former -Stan and ex Soviets Union satellites are not negligible. Offered a formal apology to his Azerbaijani counterpart all while claiming we aren’t really at fault (possible Ukrainian drones flying toward Grozny and the Russian air defense)
Messy, fishy, dodgy.