Russian president calls Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’ and says it was ‘obvious’ that plane posed no threatVladimir Putin has called Turkey “accomplices of terrorists” and warned of “serious consequences” after a Turkish F-16 jet shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday morning,the first time a Nato country and Moscow have exchanged direct fire over the crisis in Syria.
The Russian president, speaking before a assembly with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Sochi, and said the plane had been shot down over Syrian airspace and fell 4km inside Syria. Putin said it was “obvious” the plane posed no threat to Turkey.
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Source: theguardian.com