Vladimir Putin: U.S. Implicated in Turkish Jet Downing
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of leaking the flight path of a downed Russian jet to Turkey, allowing the latter country to shoot it down.
“The American side, which leads the coalition that Turkey belongs to, knew about the location and time of our planes’ flights, and we were hit exactly there and at that time,” he said according to The Independent. “Why did we give this information to the Americans if they did not pass it along to the rest of the coalition?”
Turkish forces shot down a SU-24 bomber on Nov. 24 after the jet allegedly violated their airspace. The forces claim they sent the jet numerous warnings, but Russian officials saidnone were received. The Turkish military released audio of the warnings sent to the Russian plane the following day, but Russia said the recordings are fake.
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