Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane on Syrian Border

“Diplomats present at the [NATO] meeting told Reuters that while none of the 28 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation envoys defended Russia’s actions, many expressed concern that Turkey did not escort the Russian warplane out of its airspace”.

In a statement published on the defence ministry’s website, Rudskoi said a Russian soldier had been killed when his Mi-8 helicopter was “damaged by gunfire and had to land” during a search-and-rescue operation to retrieve the pair. This is obvious. They are fighting terrorists in the northern areas around Latakia, where militants are located, mainly people who originated in Russian Federation, and they were pursuing their direct duty, to make sure these people do not return to Russian Federation.

Accomplice of terrorism “We will never tolerate crimes like the one committed today… which was a stab in the back from an accomplice of terrorism”.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu insisted his country has the right to take “all kinds of measures” against border violations, and called on the worldwide community to work toward “extinguishing the fire that is burning in Syria”.

A spokesman for the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State confirmed the Turks warned the Russian plane 10 times before it shot it down.

It comes amid reports that Syrian rebels shot down a Russian chopper coming to the aid of two pilots shot down by the Turkish military today.

“It fell in Syrian territory four kilometres from the border with Turkey”.

A Turkish government official said the SU-24 was shot down by Ankara’s F-16s after being repeatedly warned about entering Turkish airspace.

Turkish jets shot down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border after it violated the Turkish airspace, said Ankara. The official said the aircraft’s two pilots ejected from the plane and were last seen trying to evade capture. The missile launch point is just as the intruder crossed the border, while the location of hit and impact are already on Syrian soil. Both Russian Federation and the West want to stop Islamic State from spreading geographically and staging terror attacks. Russian Federation also claims the crash was caused by gunfire from the ground.