Moscow said one of two pilots who ejected from the Su-24 plane was killed by gunfire from the ground as he descended, although Turkish officials insisted both were still alive.
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The Turkish military has released what is says are a series of audio recordings of warnings issued to a Russian jet before it was shot down near the Syrian border.
Some Russian lawmakers suggested that Moscow should crack down on Turkish companies in Russia, but Lavrov said that “we don’t want to artificially create problems for Turkish producers and exporters, who aren’t responsible for what has happened”.
Russian Federation denies all of Ankara’s claims, saying that the jet was downed in Syrian airspace, where Moscow has been carrying out operations against Daesh Takfiri terrorists since September 30 upon a request by the Damascus government. Turkey had previously claimed that the Russian jet was warned ten times before it was shot down.
Reportedly, the two leaders agreed to de-escalate the tension in the region and to ensure the political transition process in Syria.
Capt Murakhtin was speaking from the Hmeymim airbase, where Russia’s aircraft have been based in its Syrian campaign, and where he was taken after being rescued.
The Turkish military said in a statement: “The nationality of the plane was not known… and the rules of engagement were automatically used”.
Russia does not intend to interfere with the cooperation between Russian and Turkish companies.
The system has a firing range of up to 400 kilometres, meaning that missiles could reach targets in all of Syria except the far east, as well as all of Lebanon, all of Cyprus, northern Israel, northern Jordan and a large chunk of southern Turkey.
Jets believed to be Russian also hit a depot for trucks waiting to go through a major rebel-controlled border crossing with Turkey, Bab al-Salam, the head of the crossing said.
But even by Ankara’s reckoning, the plane was only over Turkish territory for 17 seconds, raising questions here about the scale of the response. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the attack on the Russian bomber would have “very serious consequences” for the Russian-Turkish relations.
If Russia directs its energies toward Islamic State forces, “some of those conflicts or potentials for mistakes or escalation are less likely to occur”, Obama said. Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his country’s move to shoot down the plane saying, “No one should expect Turkey to stay silent to border violations or the violation of its rights”.
Turkey is a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
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According to a recording of the communications aired in the Turkish media: the Turks said: ‘This is Turkish air force speaking – on guard.
