US and France call on Turkey and Russia to prevent escalationTurkey says its jets have shot down a warplane near Syrian border
Russia says an SU-24 fighter jet was shot down over Syria
One jet pilot and marine from rescue helicopter dead,says RussiaPutin’s spokesman calls it ‘a very serious event’Turkey releases radar images of the jet over its airspaceNato to hold extraordinary council meeting on Turkey’s request 7.17pm GMTRussia has also now place out its own image in an attempt to counter the radar picture if earlier by Turkey (See 10.26).
While the Turkish image appeared to show that the Russian jet briefly flew over southern Turkey before it as shot down, Russia’s suggests that there has been no airspace violation.
Russia counters Turkish radar pic with flight map showing no airspace violation. MH17 deniability quagmire detected pic.twitter.com/l8OYlPUXBp 7.07pm GMTThere has been abundance of images nowadays surrounding the downed Russian jet, and which has generated suspicions among some.
Lindsey Hilsum,Channel 4 News International Editor, asks:
How arrive a Turkish TV crew was in the right dwelling, and filming in the right direction as Russian plane shot down? Lucky? Or tipped off?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com