UK to consider Russian request for plane experts

Cameron’s office said for its part that the prime minister would “consider President Putin’s request to send British experts to assist the investigation”.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia had for the first time struck Islamic State targets in Syria with missiles fired from a submarine in the Mediterranean. On October 8, the Syrian army passed to a large-scale offensive.

Moscow has been urging the creation of a broader coalition against Islamic State after a Russian airliner carrying 224 people exploded in mid-air soon after taking off from the popular Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheik.

In September, Russia began launching airstrikes in support of the regime, severely complicating a war zone that includes an aerial campaign against ISIS by a U.S.-led coalition. It initially comprised over 50 aircraft and helicopters, including Sukhoi Su-24M, Su-25SM and state-of-the-art Su-34 aircraft.

The latest round of air strikes also involved Tu-22 bombers, lifting off from a base in Russian Federation to perform 60 sorties over the past three days, Shoigu told Putin.

Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant project is continuing and the construction has not been halted, Oleg Titov the deputy director general of the Akkuyu Nuclear Company said on Wednesday.

Moscow insists the plane never strayed from Syrian airspace but Turkey says it was shot down after repeatedly violating its airspace.

The Kalibr cruise missile is an updated version of a missile that has been in Russian service since 2012, according to online sources.

He also suggested Russian Federation and Iran, which also backs the Assad regime, were behind recent tensions between Turkey and Baghdad over Turkish training bases in northern Iraq.

Moscow and Ankara are locked in a war of words since November 24, when Turkey downed the Russian Su-24 fighter jet over Syria, claiming that it had entered Turkish airspace, an accusation strongly rejected by Moscow.

Appearing on television with the orange metal box from the Su-24, President Putin said the recorder it contained would help prove the Russian jet’s flight path and position.

Dobryakova’s dilemma with the missing Turkish fabric elicited chuckles from Putin’s detractors, who have long accused the Russian president of failing to build a more self-sufficient economy in Russia.

Video footage showed the plane crashing in a mountainous area in northern Syria. “If they can’t overcome all the hurdles, then they should get used to living with transit through Ukraine”. He added that the arsenal Russian Federation has put on the ground in Syria signals Moscow’s intention to have a lasting military presence.