Downing of Su-24 'Will Have Serious Consequences' for Russia-Turkey Ties: Putin
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Tragedy with Russian Su-24 downed in Syria to have serious consequences for Moscow-Ankara relations, Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday.
Russia's president stated that the incident with Su-24 in Syria is beyond regular war against terrorism.
"Our jet fell six kilometers away from the border, within Syrian arispace," he said.
Putin called Turkey 'accomplices of terrorists' and said the event was a "stab in the back," Sputnik News reported.
"This event is beyond the normal framework of fighting against terrorism. Of course our military is doing heroic work against terrorism... But the loss today is a stab in the back, carried out by the accomplices of terrorists. I can’t describe it in any other way. Our aircraft was downed over the territory of Syria, using air-to-air missile from a Turkish F-16."
