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Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the #Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in #Aktau on Wednesday.

According to the sources, the missile was fired at Flight 8432 during drone air activity above #Grozny, and the shrapnel hit the passengers and cabin crew as it exploded next to the aircraft mid-flight.

Government sources have told Euronews that the damaged aircraft was not allowed to land at any #Russian airports despite the pilots’ requests for an emergency landing, and it was ordered to fly across the #Caspian Sea towards Aktau in #Kazakhstan.

According to data, the plane’s #GPS navigation systems were jammed throughout the flight path above the sea.

Ukraine may have struck #Iranian weapon supply routes

#Dagestan authorities reported a #DroneAttack over #Kaspiysk, port city by #Caspian Sea around 1,000km from front line

#Ukraine's military intelligence was behind the attack, a source in the agency told Kyiv Independent

In the 1st Ukrainian attack against the #naval base, at least 2 vessels — #MissileShips were damaged. Possibly also several small Project 21631 #ships

kyivindependent.com/dagestan-s

The Kyiv Independent · Ukraine may have targeted Iranian weapon supply routes in Dagestan strike, media suggestsAlthough the precise consequences of the Ukrainian attack are difficult to establish, the recent strike is still "significant in several ways," the War Zone's experts said.

The planet’s largest lake is shrinking fast. Experts fear it may never recover - Damming, over-extraction, pollution and, increasingly, the human-caused climate crisis are driving its decline — with some experts fearing the Caspian Sea is being pushed to the point of no return. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #environment #Caspian cnn.com/2024/10/24/climate/cas

CNN · The planet’s largest lake is shrinking fast. Experts fear it may never recoverBy Laura Paddison

Mass #Mortality in #Terns and #Gulls Associated with Highly Pathogenic Avian #Influenza Viruses in #Caspian Sea, #Kazakhstan

Source: Viruses, AbstractMass mortality in Caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia), Pallas’s gulls (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), and Caspian gulls (Larus cachinnans) was recorded on the northeastern shores of the Caspian Sea in June 2022. More than 5000 gulls and terns died due to the outbreak. The outbreak was investigated in the field, and…

etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/

ETIDIoH · Mass #Mortality in #Terns and #Gulls Associated with Highly Pathogenic Avian #Influenza Viruses in #Caspian Sea, #Kazakhstan
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#Caspian was #instrumental (hey!) in getting my small-time #postrock band signed to a label & in front of lots more people than we had right to. I remember texting Phil after hearing the rough mix of this song what came into my head - a scene of Vikings storming some misty shore to reclaim a fallen comrade. He seemed amused by this, but when the official vid surfaced months later, I couldn't help but smile. Maybe I started a thought for him, maybe not. I love them so much
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