- An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after sustaining damage over Russia, killing 38.
- The plane was likely hit by Russian air defense before the crash, BI reported Thursday.
- Several airlines, including Azerbaijan Airlines, El Al, Flydubai, and Qazaq Air, are canceling flights to Russia, citing passenger safety and risks.
If that one advert is to believed, even Santa Claus got shot down flying over Russian space.
And that was days before this needless tragedy.