RT News - December 28 2024 (17:00 MSK)

Vladimir Putin calls his Azerbaijani counterpart and expresses condolences for a tragic plane crash. Moscow says the initial incident, which occurred in Russian airspace, was triggered by Ukrainian drones.  At that time, Ukrainian drones were launching terrorist attacks. The aircraft commander made two attempts to land the plane in Grozny, which were unsuccessful. Russian intelligence lifts the lid on Washington and London's plans to use ISIS jihadists to carry out terrorist atttacks on Russian bases in Syria. Slovakia takes its energy dispute with Ukraine to a new level. As Kiev says it's just days away from shutting down Russian gas supplies to the EU, Bratislava threatens to flip the switch and power down Ukraine. Tensions boil. Afghanistan carries out a retaliation strike against what is calls 'malicious elements' across the Pakistani border, as the two nations trade blame and dozens are killed.