Obama Just Responded to Downed Russian Plane With Startling Message to Putin; Russia: Video “Proves” Jet Never Entered Turkish Airspace [+video]
By Randy DeSoto. President Obama blamed Russia on Tuesday for its warplane being shot down by the Turkish air force.
Speaking alongside French President Francois Hollande, Obama said that officials are still gathering facts and urged the two sides to avoid escalating the situation.
“Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace,” the president said.
“I do think that this points to an ongoing problem with the Russian operations,” he added. “In the sense that they are operating very close to a Turkish border, and they are going after moderate opposition that are supported by not only Turkey but a wide range of countries.”
He said that if Russia directed its efforts toward the Islamic State, “some of those conflicts, or potentials for mistakes or escalation, are less likely to occur,” according to Fox News . . .
As reported by Western Journalism, earlier today Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced Turkey’s actions as a “stab in the back by the terrorists’ accomplices.” He warned of “significant consequences” for relations with the nation. (Read more from “Obama Just Responded to Downed Russian Plane With Startling Message to Putin” HERE)
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Russian Defense Ministry Video Proves Su-24 Never Entered Turkish Airspace
By Sputnik News [this is a “news” agency funded by the Russian government]. While authorities in Ankara have insisted that it shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber after the aircraft entered Turkish airspace, the Russian Defense Ministry has released video proving that the plane never left Syrian airspace.
According to a leaked letter written to the UN Security Council by the Turkish Ambassador, Turkey’s military justified the shooting down of a Russian bomber by claiming that the aircraft had entered Turkish airspace for 17 seconds.
(Read more from “Russian Defense Ministry Video Proves Su-24 Never Entered Turkish Airspace” HERE)
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Turkmen Forces in Syria Admit to War Crimes by Claiming They Killed Parachuting Russian Pilot
By Reuters. Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead the two pilots of a Russian jet downed by Turkish warplanes near the border with Turkey on Tuesday as they descended with parachutes, a deputy commander of a Turkmen brigade told reporters.
(Read more HERE about the illegal killing of the pilot of the downed Russian plane)
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