Russian ally to provide $1m help to Ukraine after fury at Putin

This isn’t the primary time Azerbaijan has assisted Ukraine. In 2023, the nation gave Ukraine a batch of apparatus to help in restoring the nation’s vitality grid following the winter of 2023.

10 shipments of humanitarian help for Ukraine’s vitality sector have additionally been gifted from Baku since Russia’s full-scale invasion, together with at the least 50 reserve energy stations and 45 energy transformers.

The help might be funded straight from the president’s allotted reserve funds, permitting the nation’s Vitality Ministry to disperse the help on to Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an effort to type nearer ties with Aliyev over current months. Following the suspension of Russian fuel circulate to the continent, Zelenskey has beforehand provided Ukraine to function a transit hub for Azerbaijani fuel to Europe.

Azerbaijan has usually been thought-about to be allied with Russia, however relations with Moscow have suffered in current months following the December 25 crash of Azerbaijan Airways Flight J2-8243, which killed 38 individuals.

Aliyev accused Russia of inflicting the crash, saying it was brought on by the “representatives of the Russian Federation.”

Though Russia has not explicitly claimed accountability for the crash, the Kremlin issued an announcement apologising in December.

The assertion from the Kremlin learn, “Vladimir Putin apologised for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and as soon as once more expressed his deep and honest condolences to the households of the victims and wished a speedy restoration to the injured.”