Roasted Turkey with the trimmings: Tensions high after Russian jet shot down by Turkish Airforce

(A Russian SU-25 Fencer ground-attack plane, like that shot down tuesday)

Tuesday, November 24^th, two Turkish F-16's downed a Russian SU-25 ground attack plane. The navigator, Capt. Konstantin V. Murakhtin, was rescued by special forces troops who followed his radio beacon and negotiated his release from the insurgents who were holding him. The pilot, Lt. Col. Oleg A. Peshkov, was killed by ground fire from insurgents as his parachute descended.

The navigator, who parachuted out of the warplane said Wednesday that there had been no warning before a missile slammed into the aircraft, giving him and the pilot no time to dodge the missile. “There were no warnings from either the radio channel or visually, there was no contact at all,” he told the Interfax news agency from the Russian air base outside Latakia, Syria.

Captain Murakhtin’s account directly contradicted that of Turkish officials, who said the pilots had been warned 10 times in five minutes not to transgress into Turkish airspace, even the sliver of territory that the plane crossed in 17 seconds. The Russians have been adamant that the warplane was shot down over Syria, not Turkey. It crashed about two and a half miles from the border, Russia said, and the pilots parachuted into Syria. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/world/europe/turkey-russia-jet.html?_r=0

(supposed flight paths/crash sites according to both sides)

As reported by Western Journalism, 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. Turkey and NATO had used similar language to alert Russia that if it continued to venture into Turkish airspace, it would be courting “extreme danger” and experience “serious consequences.”

Turkey is also looking to NATO for support via an emergency hearing. “At the request of Turkey, the North Atlantic Council will hold an extraordinary meeting at (1600 GMT). The aim of this extraordinary NAC is for Turkey to inform Allies about the downing of a Russian airplane,” a NATO official told AFP. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed the media on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has already cancelled an upcoming trip to Turkey as a result of the downed plane. http://www.westernjournalism.com/breaking-obama-just-responded-to-downed-russian-plane-with-startling-message-to-putin/


images source:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34912581