Shoigu said the territory where the jet crashed was “liberated” by Syrian special forces from rebel control recently, allowing them to recover the black box.
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The Islamic State is a terrorist organization banned in Russian Federation. “The Turks have always played both sides, and I think [President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan is one of those people [who] said one thing publicly and [has] done something else privately”, Huckabee argued.Huckabee said Erdoğan must leave office if the USA finds out that he is helping to finance the extremist group in Syria.
Vladimir Putin has said he hopes nuclear warheads will not be needed to deal with Isis, after Russian Federation launched cruise missiles from its submarine at the militant group in Syria. He said the targets destroyed in the latest wave of Russian airstrikes included a munitions depot, a factory manufacturing mortar rounds and oil facilities belonging to terrorists.Shoigu said the Russian military had informed Israel and the United States about the airstrikes before launching them.
The Russian Defense Ministry hasn’t yet provided any information about Tuesday’s airstrikes. Mr Putin ordered that the black box be analysed “together with foreign experts”.
“We need to examine how a member of the US-led coalition – the Republic of Turkey – performs goals set by the coalition”, the minister said.
The Russian intervention in Syria marked the first significant military action outside the former Soviet Union after the end of the cold war.
Russian Federation warned in advance that its military would launch strikes Tuesday on Syria for the first time from a submarine stationed in the Mediterranean, the United States said.
The Su-24 was shot down on November 24 by Turkey over purported airspace violation of Turkey by the Russian fighter jet and ignorance of multiple warnings, while Russia insisted the Su-24 flew over Syrian skies during the whole flight.
Additionally Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he expected to see Russian Federation within the next week for discussions on the disaster in Syria and Ukraine.
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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.
