The Russian foreign minister said that Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet appears to have been planned.
The Su-24 aircraft was shot down on November 24, with one of the pilots later being killed by rebel groups in Syria. The other pilot was recovered and is at a Russian air base in Syria.
The plane was flying toward the border of Turkey and Syria when, according to Turkey, it was given 10 warnings in 5 minutes.
But after ignoring those warnings, Turkey shot down the plane after it violated Turkish airspace. U.S. officials say the “incursion” took place under a minute.
Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister, told reporters that Russian officials believe the act was intentional.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP
