A Russian warplane has been shot down on the Turkish border for violating Syrian airspace, in what President Vladimir Putin describes as a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists". According to a Syrian military statement the plane was warned "10 time in five minutes" before "our two F-16 planes on air patrol duty intervened." Both crew member ejected from the plane before it crashed, however, Turkish rebels have confirmed that one pilot is dead. According to Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, the incident was "very serious", but cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions.
A Russian warplane has been shot down on the Syrian border for violating Turkish airspace, in what President Vladimir Putin describes as a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists". According to a Turkish military statement the plane was warned "10 time in five minutes" before "our two F-16 planes on air patrol duty intervened." Both crew member ejected from the plane before it crashed, however, Syrian rebels have confirmed that one pilot is dead. According to Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, the incident was "very serious", but cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions.