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| Russia says jet shot down near Turkey-Syria border | |
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| Russia’s defence ministry says an SU-24 fighter jet has been shot down near Syria’s border with Turkey. | |
| Turkey said its jets shot down a plane after it violated Turkey’s airspace. The jet was warned 10 times in the space of five minutes over airspace violations before it was shot down by F-16 fighter jets, the Turkish military said in a statement. | |
| Russia’s defence ministry, in a series of tweets, confirmed a Russian SU-24 had been shot down, but insisted the plane had never left Syrian airspace. | |
| “At all times, the SU-24 was exclusively over the territory of Syria … The SU-24 was at 6000 metres and preliminary information suggests it was brought down by fire from the ground. The circumstances are being investigated.” | |
| The ministry said preliminary information suggested that the pilots managed to successfully eject from the plane. | |
| Footage from private broadcaster Habertürk TV showed a warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane crashed in an area known by Turks as “Turkmen Mountain” in northern Syria near the border, Habertürk said. | Footage from private broadcaster Habertürk TV showed a warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane crashed in an area known by Turks as “Turkmen Mountain” in northern Syria near the border, Habertürk said. |
| Separate footage from Turkey’s Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed. | Separate footage from Turkey’s Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed. |
| One of the pilots was in the hands of Turkmen forces in Syria who were searching for the other pilot, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, citing local sources. | |
| Russia has repeatedly carried out airstrikes in Syria in defence of President Bashar al-Assad. Russia’s defence ministry was not immediately available for comment. | Russia has repeatedly carried out airstrikes in Syria in defence of President Bashar al-Assad. Russia’s defence ministry was not immediately available for comment. |
| Turkey called this week for a UN security council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in Syria, and last week Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the bombing of their villages. | Turkey called this week for a UN security council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in Syria, and last week Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the bombing of their villages. |
| Ankara has traditionally expressed solidarity with Syrian Turkmens, who are Syrians of Turkish descent. | Ankara has traditionally expressed solidarity with Syrian Turkmens, who are Syrians of Turkish descent. |