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Both pilots ejected and the jet crashed on the Syrian MOSCOW -- Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday that it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace from Syria, killing at least one of the two pilots in a The Russian plane crashed to the ground in an area of northern Syria held by Turkmen rebels affiliated with the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, who had come under attack One of the two pilots in the shot-down war plane was killed by gunfire from the ground as he parachuted from the crashing jet, the Russian MOSCOW (AP) — Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday that it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace Two Turkish pilots accused of shooting down a Russian plane near the Turkish-Syrian border last November were arrested in the wake of Friday’s On 29 December, President Aliyev said that Russia had accidentally shot down the plane, accused Russia of attempting to obfuscate and "hush up" the crash, and A Russian aircraft had entered Turkish airspace near the Syrian border, prompting Turkey to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it and summon Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday that it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace from Syria, killing at least one of the two pilots in a long-feared An activist holds a placard that reads "Bring Turkey to account" to protest in reaction after a Russian war plane was shot down by Turkey, in front of the Turkish embassy in Moscow, Russia NATO has called on Turkey and Russia to show restraint as tensions rise in the wake of Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet near the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would not apologize for downing a Russian jet fighter it says violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border. Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the shoot-down but An activist holds a placard that reads "Bring Turkey to account" to protest in reaction after a Russian war plane was shot down by Turkey, in front of the Turkish embassy in Moscow, Russia While they could shoot down Syrian military aircraft that violated Turkish border even briefly without consequences, doing the same thing with Russian aircraft was a different matter. A Turkish F-16 Turkey deployed F-16 fighter jets and shot down the Russian plane, an act that doubled as Turkey’s major response and the crisis trigger for Russia. Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on Tuesday after it Turkey says its forces have shot down a plane on the border with Syria Russia says an Su-24 crashed on Syrian territory after being hit by an air Turkey says its forces have shot down a plane on the border with Syria Russia says an Su-24 crashed on Syrian territory after being hit by an air-to-air missile Turkey says the plane . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local sources confirmed that a Turkish drone was shot down by US forces. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. But Turkish military officials said the plane MOSCOW (AP) — Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday that it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace Turkey shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle over the Black Sea approaching its airspace, a rare military intervention by the NATO member amid regional tensions. Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet showed just how fragile the balance can be. What happened? Both Russia and Turkey say the Russian Su-24, an all-weather attack aircraft, was shot down by Turkish F-16s in the Turkey-Syria border area on 24 November. [2][5][6] In the vicinity of Al Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a Turkey’s shootdown of a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer bomber along the Syrian border is dangerously exacerbating tensions not only in the Tensions between Russia and Turkey have been rising in recent weeks. One mistake, one violation, one overreaction — and a local Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Su-24 was hit by air-to-air missiles fired by Turkish F-16s while it was flying over Syrian territory. NATO has called on Turkey and Russia to show restraint as tensions rise in the wake of Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet near the One of the world’s most volatile regions was roiled further Tuesday when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would not apologize for downing a Russian jet fighter it says violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border.