Grozny
Americannoun
noun
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On Christmas Day in 2024, a Russian air-defense missile accidentally hit Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 near Grozny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
On Friday, Russian authorities acknowledged that Ukrainian drones were targeting Grozny, provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, as an Azerbaijani commercial airliner with 67 people aboard was attempting to land there on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
Azerbaijan Airlines, operator of the doomed flight, said it was halting flights to Grozny and nine other Russian cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
A surviving passenger told Russian TV he believed the pilot had tried twice to land in dense fog over Grozny before "the third time, something exploded... some of the aircraft skin had blown out".
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
There are 60 oil wells in Grozny alone.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Samuel Vaknin
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