Russian warship fires on Turkish fishing boat

When the ship reached about 500 meters, the destroyer fired small arms “warning shots”, at which time they say the Geciclier-1 dramatically changed course. “We want to solve the tension with dialogue”, he said, in comments broadcast by TRT Turk.

The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that the two men had agreed that the make-up of an opposition delegation that could conduct talks with the Syrian government had to be prepared before another meeting along with an agreed list of Islamist terrorist groups to be jointly fought against. We didn’t even know that it was a Russian ship, we thought it was a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ship.

THE Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday one of its warships, the destroyer Smetlivy, had been forced to fire warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision and that it had summoned the Turkish military attache over the incident. A Russian pilot is killed parachuting from the jet, and a Russian marine is killed in a subsequent mission that rescues the other pilot.

Russian officials reported that the Smetlivy was anchored off the coast of Lemnos when it noticed the Turkish fishing boat, the Geciclier-1, approaching to within a kilometer.

“Despite numerous attempts by the Smetlivy, the crew of the Turkish seiner would not engage in radio contact and did not respond to special visual signals”, the ministry added.

28 November – With Turkey refusing to apologise over the incident, Russian Federation announces a package of economic sanctions against Turkey, including restrictions on imports and travel.

Earlier this month, a Russian serviceman was filmed on the deck of a naval ship holding what appeared to be a rocket launcher as a Russian warship passed through Istanbul.

Earlier Sunday, the Turkish military banned personnel from taking holidays in Russia, branding it a “precautionary measure after the Russian warplane, which violated (Turkey’s) borders, was downed in accordance with the rules of engagement”, Turkey’s state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered a thinly veiled warning to Ankara.