i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airportas very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. translation: i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airport was very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. moshe has been accused of us's power link being damaging. —— a nato says it enhance its military. nato and other western officials have repeatedly expressed concern about increased russian sabotage in europe, so it wasn't long before a link was made between a ship carrying russian oil and the undersea power cable damaged on christmas day. this is the eagle 5, which the eu believes is part of a shado

i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airportfficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. tim atkinson is a former air accident investigator. he told me what he makes of things so far. to the outside of the plane. the owner, azerbaijan airlines, said only that it had suffered external physical and technical interference. the kremlin has again refused to comment on speculation that it was mistakenly brought down by a russian air defence system. translation: i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airport was very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the

i'd like to point out that the situation - on that day during those hours in the area around grozny airporty difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. the world health organization says the israeli army has put the last major health facility in northern gaza out of service. on friday the israeli military forcibly evacuated kamal adwan. the israeli military defences said it targeted military operations but the health minister in gaza said the idf indiscriminately burned down health facilities. china kallio is injerusalem. —— shaimaa khalil. we've managed to get through to the gaza deputy health minister, dr youssef abu el—rish, who gave us an update on the situation. he said the kamal adwan hospital had been completely evacuated with parts of its departments badly burned. he said that the ministry lost contact with some

grozny. it later diverted to aktau airport in kazakhstan, where it crashed. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more on the apology from moscow. it was an azerbaijan airlines flight. it had crashed in kazakhstan. but was russia responsible? a brief glimpse today of vladimir putin meeting his powerful security council, and then a kremlin announcement. president putin had telephoned azerbaijan's president to apologise for the fact that what he called the "tragic incident" had happened in russian airspace. according to putin, flight 8243 had made several attempts to land at grozny airport, in russia's north caucasus region. he claimed that grozny and other places nearby had been under attack from ukrainian drones and admitted russian air defence systems had been in operation. azerbaijan said that president aliyev had told president putin that the plane had been subjected to external physical and technical interference in russian airspace. so words you very rarely hear from vladimir putin, "i apologise", but no public admission that it was a russian missile tha

been in operation at the time that the azerbaijan airlines flight had been trying to land at grozny airportaid that the air defences were trying to repel a ukrainian drone attack. no explanation in the kremlin readout of that conversation why that plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport. if there was a ukrainian drone attack, why the airspace hadn't been closed. so to sum up, what putin didn't say today was, yes, we did this. it was a russian missile that downed the plane. but this is the closest russia has come so far to admitting responsibility for the disaster. let's speak to former air accident investigator tim atkinson... thank you forjoining us. what angle do you expect the investigation to take? the olitical investigation to take? tue: political machinations investigation to take? tte: political machinations which we are seeing won't really affect what the investigators are doing. it's still very early daysin doing. it's still very early days in the investigation, it's a matter of working out where the evidence is and going and gathering it, whether it is the physical evidence

i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airporticult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. the state funeral of the former indian prime minister manmohan singh has been taking place in the capital delhi. india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. live to delhi and our correspondent, arunoday mukharji. a state funeral in the capital, talk us through what you have seen today. talk us through what you have seen today-— seen today. just a short while auo, seen today. just a short while aao, the seen today. just a short while ago, the former _ seen today. just a short while ago, the former prime - seen today. just a short while i ago, the former prime minister was laid to rest at the cremation ground where i am and this entire area was chock—a—block wit

according to putin, flight 8243 had made several attempts to land at grozny airport in russia's northsus region. he claimed that grozny and other places nearby had been under attack from ukrainian drones, and admitted russian air defence systems had been in operation. azerbaijan said that president aliyev had told president putin that the plane had been subjected to external, physical and technical interference in russian airspace. so, words you very rarely hear from vladimir putin, "i apologise", but no public admission that it was a russian missile that caused this disaster. and also, no explanation why this plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport during a ukrainian drone attack. aviation experts suggest the aircraft may have been hit by shrapnel from russian air defence missiles. officials in russia had initially claimed the plane had hit a flock of birds. remarkably, 29 people survived this. translation: the plane j turned around and at that moment, there was a blast outside the aircraft. my arm was hurt in that blast. a deep wound, as if someone had hit me in the arm with

i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airport military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. fierce clashes are reported to have broken out on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. the taliban officials say their forces have launched attacks on areas in neighbouring pakistan. the development comes days after kabul said 46 people were killed in pakistani air strikes inside afghan territory. i�*ve been speaking to our south asia regional editor — anbarasan ethirajan who gave me the latest. crashes were reported on the border. the defence ministry spokesman, this is the defence ministry, said they had launched what they called retaliatory attacks. so far, we haven�*t heard any confirmation about casualties but one source reported is saying that there was one soldier killed and si

i'd like to point out that the situation on that day - during those hours in the area around grozny airportas very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. with me is our state department correspondent tom bateman. tom, tell us more about what the white house has now said about the crash? john kirby was asked directly about it. the first point was that he was askedif it. the first point was that he was asked if he was basing his assessments on what caused this. there is more information than what was in the public domain. significant that he then said that there assessment —— there assessment pointed to the possibility that it was brought down by russian defence systems. we've heard from the aviation regulator in russia saying they did prescribe a system of the grozni, and that there was drone attacks taking place. al

the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport the plane had originally tried to land at grozny

defence systems had been in operation at the time the azerbaijan airlines flight tried to land at grozny airportthe air defences were trying to repel a ukrainian drone attack. no explanation in the kremlin readout of that conversation as to why that plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport if there was a ukrainian drone attack in the way the airspace hadn't been closed. to sum up what vladimir putin didn't say today was, yes, we did this, it was a russian missile that downed the plane, but this is the closest russia has come so far to admitting responsibility for the disaster. for more on this, i spoke earlier with andrew nicholson, the ceo of osprey flight solutions, a risk intelligence and management company. i asked him whether putin's statements clarify anything about the accident. it clarifies some details. it confirms that the incident happened in russian airspace but other than that it doesn't change our assessment. all of the indicators were there already that the scenario that appears to have played out was a russian aircraft activity. it misidentified the aircraft and shot it dow

the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport the plane had originally tried to land at groznyport in southern russia — the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash. one of the survivors, subkhonkul rakhimov, has been speaking to russian—language state media. here's his description of what happened to the airliner. translation: they say there were two bangs, l but i only heard one. it was quite substantial. i honestly didn't hear the second one. at first, only some of the oxygen masks fell out, and then they all did. maybe that happened after the second bang. i didn't hear the second bang. after the bang, after the masks fell out, i saw the fuselage was slightly damaged. then i got scared. i thought the plane would fall apart, it would decompress and just fall apart straight away. i was already getting ready for the plane just to fall apart. that was one of the survivors.

i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airportan military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh, has been taking place in the capital delhi. india�*s first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. our correspondent arunoday mukharji is in delhi. just a short while back, the former prime minister dr manmohan singh was laid to rest at the cremation ground where i currently am. in fact, the pyre is still burning behind me. that�*s where he was laid to rest. and this entire area where i�*m standing was chockablock with dignitaries, cutting across party lines, right from prime minister narendra modi to members of several political parties across the spectrum, really. and that is testament to the kind of pol

i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airporty difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. let's speak to former air accident investigator tim atkinson. tim, thank you forjoining us. there's obviously a lot we still don't know, but based on for limitary and witness accounts that we have heard, what is your assessment of what happened?— what is your assessment of what happened? good evening. these da s, happened? good evening. these days. there _ happened? good evening. these days. there is — happened? good evening. these days, there is so _ happened? good evening. these days, there is so much _ happened? good evening. these days, there is so much imagery l days, there is so much imagery and social media and the news that occasionally it is possible to draw some

i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airport was very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. the world health organization says the last major functioning hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service, after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say air strikes there on friday killed 50 people. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a is—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff, before the israeli army entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. israel says the hospital was being used by hamas as a command centre, but has not provided any evidence to support this. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, sent this re

and also, no explanation why this plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport during a ukrainian dronettack. aviation experts suggest the aircraft may have been hit by shrapnel from russian air defence missiles. officials in russia had initially claimed the plane had hit a flock of birds. remarkably, 29 people survived this. translation: the plane turned round, and at that moment, there _ was a blast outside the aircraft. my arm was hurt in that blast. a deep wound, as if someone had hit me in the arm with an axe. meanwhile, anotherfuneral of another victim of this disaster. mahammadali yeganov was just 13. in azerbaijan, they continue to mourn. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. for more on this, i spoke earlier with nina khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at the new school. nina, how rare is an apology from president putin?— nina, how rare is an apology from president putin? very rare. in fact, there was five _ president putin? very rare. in fact, there was five days _ president putin? very rare. in fact, there was five days when _ president putin? very rare. in fact, i

the plane had originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia.able to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash.

so, basically, the kremlin is blaming ukraine for attacking grozny airport with drones.t is the way i read it from what the kremlin has put out in that statement, that description of the conversation between the two presidents. steve, president putin never apologises for anything, though, and a lot of people will look at this statement and wonder is it as close that we will get to an admission that pressure was responsible, given they said air defences were operational at the time? but what about the timing? there was a lot of pressure coming out of azerbaijan with people pointing the finger of blame very much at moscow. you are absolutely — very much at moscow. you are absolutely right, _ very much at moscow. you are absolutely right, lucy. - very much at moscow. you are absolutely right, lucy. ever. absolutely right, lucy. ever since this disaster, there has been growing evidence that the plane may well have been hit by a russian air defensive missiles. azerbaijan airlines said i think it was yesterday that the plane was subjected to external, physical, and technical i

i would like to point out the situation on that day and during those hours in the area around grozny airporty difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today the first funerals for some of the 38 people killed. why they died will take time to find out. and will likely be disputed. skwra>> a former air accident investigator gave me his assessment of what happened. >> these days, there is so much imagery and social media in the news occasionally it is possible to draw clear conclusions early on. on the photographs we have seen and video footage which are many in the public domann clearly showed damage to the aircraft which is consistent with an explosion of some kind almost certainly external but very close to the aircraft. and those images with the other evidence indicate strongly that some kind of air defense missile has exploded close to the aircraft. that has not only caused the disruption of the aircraft skin which is easily apparent, but more importantly other suggests that it disrupted t

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the head of russia�*s aviation authority says the plane was unable land at grozny airport because ofne attack. 38 people died when the plane came down, two miles short of the runway, at aktau airport, in kazakhstan. this report from jon donnison. u nfortu nately we unfortunately we don�*t have that report. let�*s speak to anthony venetz who used to be an airline pilot — and is also — a former air crash investigator. talk us through what comes next. we�*ve had the recovered, where do we go from here? this is the case _ where do we go from here? this is the case with _ where do we go from here? this is the case with all— is the case with all investigations of this nature, the first thing is gathering the first thing is gathering the factual information. so, of course we have a tendency to come up with some preliminary theories on what might�*ve happened. but, really, the basis of it is on gathering factual information first. there�*ll be a lot of different sources of that information so details about plane flights, even background on the aircraft itself, it maiden records, things like

i'd like to point out that the situation on that day - during those hours in the area around grozny airportas very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. tim atkinson is a former air accident investigator. he told me what he makes of things so far. these days, there is so much imagery in social media and in the news that occasionally it is possible to draw some quite clear conclusions very early on. and the photographs that we've seen and the video footage, which are many at the public domain now, clearly show damage to the aircraft which is consistent with an explosion of some kind, almost certainly external to but very close to the aircraft. and those images, along with the other evidence, indicate very strongly that what has happened her is that some kind of air defence missile has exploded close to the aircraft.

the aircraft originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia, but witnesses say there was

the aircraft originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia — but witnesses say there

the head of russia�*s aviation authority says the plane was unable land at grozny airport because of attack. 38 people died when the plane came down, two miles short of the runway, at aktau airport, in kazakhstan. anthony venetz used to be an airline pilot — and is also — a former air crash investigator and told us where the investigation goes from here. as is the case with all investigations come of this nature, the first thing is really about gathering factual information so of course we have a tendency to come up with some preliminary theories on what might�*ve happened. but, really, the basis of a good investigation is on gathering for factual information first. there�*ll be a lot of different sources of that information so details about planned flights, even you know, back runs on the aircraft itself, its maintenance records, the flight crew information about their qualifications and fatigued, not urological information at the time, so all that kind of background information... were going to be looking at information to do with what was going on route and in the flight path at t

the head of russia's aviation agency blaming ukraine, saying the situation in the grozny airport areamplicated on that day. and at those hours, ukrainian drones were conducting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure. lieutenant colonel fredrik koga was a ballistics expert on the investigation that determined malaysian airlines flight mh17 was shot down by russian forces in ukraine in 2014. >> if you look in detail to the punctures, these are all inwards oriented punctures, meaning that something from the outside went inside. so this is not the typical damage that you see simply due to an aircraft crash. >> 38 people were killed in the crash, including 13 year old muhammad ali yanov. his funeral today in baku, the capital of azerbaijan. he had been traveling alone to visit his mother in grozny, russia. miraculously, 29 people survived, some able to walk away from the wreckage, others in the hospital now speaking out. vafa shabanova saying about 20 or 30 minutes after takeoff she felt two explosions. a crew member says he heard three thuds above grozny and noticed he was injured.

i'd like to point out that the situation - on that day during those hours in the area around grozny airporty difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out, and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. russia has been accused of sabotaging estonia's main power link, in the gulf of finland. nato says it will enhance its military presence in the baltic sea. caroline hawley explains. nato and other western officials have repeatedly expressed concern about increased russian sabotage in europe, so it wasn't long before a link was made between a ship carrying russian oil and the undersea power cable damaged on christmas day. this is the eagle s, which the eu believes is part of a shadow fleet of ageing oil tankers used by russia to evade sanctions. it was seized by finnish police and coastguard early yesterday, shortly after the underwater power cable went down, dramatically

explanation in the kremlin readout of that conversation as to why that plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airportwas a drone attack in the way the airspace hadn't been closed. to sum up what vladimir putin didn't say today was, yes, we did this, it was a russian missile that downed the plane, but this is the closest russia has come so far to admitting responsibility for the disaster. let's speak to andrew nicholson, the ceo of osprey flight solutions, a risk intelligence and management company. thank you forjoining us. what do you read from putin's statement? does it clarify for you what happened? it confirms that the incident happened in russian airspace but other than that it doesn't change our assessment. all of the indicators were there already that the scenario that appears to have played out was appears to have played out was a russian aircraft activity. i don't think putin's statement changes that but the fact that it then did occur in russian airspace, and he has confirmed that, and the aircraft then diverted across the caspian sea is a good bit of information in detail but we need to und

the aircraft originally tried to land at grozny airport in southern russia, but witnesses say there was

the head of russia's aviation agency blaming ukraine, saying the situation in the grozny airport areawas rather complicated on that day. and at those hours, ukrainian drones were conducting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure. lieutenant colonel fredrik koga was a ballistics expert on the investigation that determined malaysian airlines flight mh17 was shot down by russian forces in ukraine in 2014. >> if you look in detail to the punctures, these are all inwards oriented punctures, meaning that something from the outside went inside. so this is not the typical damage that you see simply due to an aircraft crash. >> 38 people were killed in the crash, including 13 year old mohammad ali yanov. his funeral today in baku, the capital of azerbaijan. he had been traveling alone to visit his mother in grozny, russia. miraculously, 29 people survived, some able to walk away from the wreckage, others in the hospital now speaking out. vafa shabanova saying about 20 or 30 minutes after takeoff she felt two explosions. a crew member says he heard three thuds above grozny and noticed he

due to this, in the area of the grozny airport, the coy wire plan was introduced, meaning all aircraft had to leave the indicated airspace immediately. russian aviation authorities claim the plane had initially attempted to land in grozny twice, and was later offered other airport options within russia, but the pilot rerouted towards the kazakh city of aktau instead. for those on board, it was a terrifying physical and emotional ordeal. for a brief moment, passengers thought they were out of danger. but when the caspian sea appeared, the clouds dispersed and the plane began to behave unusually, rahimov says, the feeling of tension began to increase, both for other passengers and for myself. while not acknowledging responsibility for the incident, russia's president vladimir putin apologized on saturday for the fact that the plane crashed after entering russian airspace, defense systems had n the fuse in the air, according to several aviation experts. the hope now is that recovered black boxes will provide more definitive information regarding the plane's final moments. >> we have what

due to this, in the area of the grozny airport, the coy wire plan was introduced, meaning all aircraft had to leave the indicated airspace immediately. russian aviation authorities claim the plane had initially attempted to land in grozny twice, and was later offered other airport options within russia, but the pilot rerouted towards the kazakh city of aktau instead. for those on board, it was a terrifying physical and emotional ordeal. for a brief moment, passengers thought they were out of danger. but when the caspian sea appeared, the clouds dispersed and the plane began to behave unusually, rahimov says, the feeling of tension began to increase, both for other passengers and for myself. while not acknowledging responsibility for the incident, russia's president vladimir putin apologized on saturday for the fact that the plane crashed after entering russian airspace, noting that russia's air defense systems had been active when the plane attempted to land in grozny. clear perforations in the fuselage point to shrapnel or debris hitting the plane while still in the air, according to

due to this, in the area of the grozny airport, the coy wire plan was introduced, meaning all aircraft had to leave the indicated airspace immediately. russian aviation authorities claim the plane had initially attempted to land in grozny twice, and was later offered other airport options within russia, but the pilot rerouted towards the kazakh city of aktau instead. for those on board, it was a terrifying physical and emotional thought they were out of danger. but when the caspian sea appeared, the clouds dispersed and the plane began to behave unusually, rakhimov says, the feeling of tension began to increase, both for other passengers and for myself. russian authorities have yet to respond to allegations that their air defenses may have played a part in the fatal crash, but clear perforations in the fuselage point to shrapnel or debris hitting the plane while still in the air. according to several aviation experts, the hope now is that recovered black boxes will provide more definitive information regarding the plane's final moments. >> we have what we see. >> i was conscious when i

the head of russia's aviation agency blaming ukraine, saying the situation in the grozny airport area was rather complicated on that day. and at those hours, ukrainian drones were conducting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure. lieutenant colonel fredrik koga was a ballistics expert on the investigation that determined malaysian airlines flight mh17 was shot down by russian forces in ukraine in 2014. >> if you look in detail to the pictures, these are all inwards oriented punctures, meaning that something from the outside went inside. so this is not the typical damage that you see simply due to an aircraft crash. >> 38 people were killed in the crash. miraculously, 29 people survived, some able to walk away from the wreckage, others in the hospital now speaking out. shabanova saying about 20 or 30 minutes after takeoff, she felt two explosions. a crew member says he heard three thuds above grozny and noticed he was injured. he says in the left arm. i don't know what touched me. i just looked and saw blood. but the conversation cut short, he says. i have to turn my phone off.

the head of russia's aviation agency blaming ukraine, saying the situation in the grozny airport area was rather complicated on that day. and at those hours, ukrainian drones were conducting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure. lieutenant colonel friedrich koga was a ballistics expert on the investigation that determined malaysian airlines flight mh17 was shot down by russian forces in ukraine in 2014. >> if you look in detail to the pictures, these are all inwards oriented punctures, meaning that something from the outside went inside. so this is not the typical damage that you see simply due to an aircraft crash. >> 38 people were killed in the crash. miraculously, 29 people survived, some able to walk away from the wreckage, others in the hospital now speaking out. vafa shabanova saying about 20 or 30 minutes after takeoff she felt two explosions. a crew member says he heard three thuds above grozny and noticed he was injured. he says in the left arm, i don't know what touched me. i just looked and saw blood. but the conversation cut short, he says. i have to turn my phone

interference, but russia denying involving instead blaming ukraine saying, "the situation in the grozny airportwas rather complicated at that day and in those hours. ukrainian drones were conducting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure." meanwhile, this morning, turkmenistan airlines is joining fly dubai an el al in suspending their flights to moscow. whit? >> whit: the families of those victims just desperate for answers. ines, thank you. >>> we're going to stay overseas now and the war between israel and hamas, and there are new reports this morning accusing the israeli military of forcing patients and staff to evacuate a hospital in northern gaza. the idf defending the operation. abc's foreign correspondent britt clennett joins us now from tel aviv. britt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, more concerning details emerging about the situation at one of the last functioning hospitals in northern gaza where medical staff say israeli soldiers stormed the facility forcing dozens of people to evacuate. some of the sick and injured are now at the indonesian hospital also

the aircraft was bound for grozny airport in the capital of chechnya, and effectively was in the air at the same time as this, russian military air defense activity was occurring to defend against a ukrainian drone attack. now the reports are from, uh, the, uh, some of the passengers that were on board the aircraft is that an explosion was heard outside of the aircraft, and shrapnel penetrated through the fuselage into the cabin of the aircraft. there is video from while the aircraft was still in flight showing shrapnel damage inside the aircraft. and then the video of the wreckage shows shrapnel damage to the tail, vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer sections of the aircraft as well. so combining the fact that there was a drone attack being repelled by air defenses in the vicinity of where this aircraft was attempting to land, and the damage that was sustained in flight and visible after the crash points to a russian surface to air missile being launched at this aircraft while it was attempting to land at grozny. this has been not only highlighted by osprey, our company, b

the head of russia's aviation agency blaming ukraine, saying the situation in the grozny airport areawas rather complicated on that day and at those hours, ukrainian drones were conducting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure. lieutenant colonel friedrich koga was a ballistics expert on the investigation that determined malaysian airlines flight mh17 was shot down by russian forces in ukraine in 2014. >> if you look in detail to the punctures, these are all inwards oriented punctures, meaning that something from the outside went inside. so this is not the typical damage that you see simply due to an aircraft crash. >> 38 people were killed in the crash. miraculously, 29 people survived, some able to walk away from the wreckage. others in the hospital now speaking out. saying about 20 or 30 minutes after takeoff, she felt two explosions near about $30. a crew member says he heard three thuds above grozny and noticed he was injured. he says in the left arm. i don't know what touched me. i just looked and saw blood. but the conversation cut short, he says. i have to turn my phone