The initial findings of the investigation into the AZAL flight crash will be reported within a month.

According to Lastaev, the field stage of the investigation is currently underway, with fragments of the aircraft being collected in a special hangar at Aktau airport.

Previously, the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan announced that foreign experts, including those from the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Brazilian Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aviation Accidents, had arrived in Aktau to investigate the causes of the crash. At the same time, a decision was made to send both flight recorders to Brazil, where the crashed Embraer was manufactured.

On Tuesday, Russia's Assistant Minister of Health Alexey Kuznetsov informed RBK that three Russians among the victims of the Azerbaijani plane crash in Kazakhstan have been discharged from hospitals due to improvement in their condition. "Six people are still being treated in hospitals, three of whom remain in serious condition, while another three, including a child, are in moderate condition," Kuznetsov said.

• The Embraer aircraft of AZAL airline crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25. The plane was on a flight from Baku to Grozny but deviated from its course after reportedly coming under fire from Russian air defense systems. There were 67 people on board, including five crew members. 38 people died, while 29 survived. Most of those on board, 42 individuals, were Azerbaijani citizens, 16 were Russian citizens, 6 were from Kazakhstan, and 3 were from Kyrgyzstan.
• Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated on Sunday that the downed plane sustained damage "as a result of ground fire" while it was over Russian territory. According to Ilham Aliyev, on December 27, Azerbaijan presented three demands to the Russian side regarding the plane crash: to apologize, to acknowledge guilt, and to punish those responsible and compensate the Azerbaijani state and all victims. The first condition, according to Aliyev, has already been fulfilled by Moscow.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call with Aliyev on December 28, expressed regret that the incident with the plane occurred in the sky over Russia, and representatives of aviation authorities acknowledged that air defense systems were operational in Grozny on December 25, allegedly repelling an attack by Ukrainian drones.

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