Vladimir Putin: Russia’s military will destroy any threats

“Judging by the reaction of some Security Council members, the actions of the Turkish military surprised even their closest allies, although, naturally, due to notorious bloc solidarity, they refrained from any critical comments over Ankara’s actions, which have grossly violated global law”, she said.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Syria and Ukraine.

Russian Federation says its bombers were attacking IS and other jihadist groups in Syria, helping the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad. Russian Federation denies Turkey’s claims that the plane trespassed in Turkish airspace and is now investigating the incident. He said fending off that threat is the main goal of the air campaign Russian Federation launched on September 30.

Since Russia participated in the war against the ISIS, almost 5,000 Turkmen and Sunnis have fled their homes, BBC said in a separate report. “We support it from the air, as well as the Syrian army, we assist them with weapons, ammunition and provide material support”.

Sergei Shoigu claimed that over 8,000 “terrorist” targets have been destroyed during that time.

During the talk Putin seemed to offer a thinly veiled warning to Turkey when he said that any groups threatening the Russian military in Syria “must be immediately destroyed”.

“I order you to act in the toughest way”, Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian cruise missiles recently used to strike targets in Syria could be fitted with nuclear warheads, but he does “hope” it will not come to that.

Lavrov told La Repubblica that combined Russian, U.S. and Arab forces now in Syria were enough to defeat Islamic State militants, but a coalition was not possible without agreement on the future of Assad.

He said the ministry of defense must coordinate its actions with Israeli command and the US-led anti-IS coalition.

The Russian-Turkish relations seriously worsened after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian warplane over Syria on November 24. Putin has denounced the Turkish action as a “treacherous stab in the back” and ordered the deployment of S-400 long-range air defense missile systems to a Russian base in Syria.

The Russia-Turkey feud is also stoking tensions between Ankara and Baghdad, which has called on Turkey to withdraw troops and tanks it sent last week to a training base in northern Iraq.