Russia sets up contact with Turkish military after it downs aircraft : UNIAN news

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    Turkish Jets Shoot Down Drone at Its Border With Syria - The New York Times
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    Turkey shot down an unidentified drone that flew into its airspace Friday near the Syrian border, while Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s air campaign backing a Syrian government offensive has killed hundreds of militants.

    A U.S. official said the downed drone was Russian, but Moscow staunchly rejected the claim.

    The incident underlined the potential dangers of clashes involving Russian, Syrian and U.S.-led coalition planes in the increasingly crowded skies over Syria. Russian and U.S. military officials have been working on a set of rules to prevent any problems.

    The Turkish military said it issued three warnings before shooting down the aircraft with its fighter jets. It didn’t specify how it had relayed the warnings to the operators of the drone.

    The drone crashed 3 kilometers (about 2 miles) inside Turkish territory, said Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu. “We have not been able to establish who the drone belongs to, but we are able to work on it because it fell inside Turkish territory,” he added.

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      Russia sets up contact with Turkish military after it downs aircraft : UNIAN news
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      Russia’s Defense Ministry says it has established direct contact with Turkey’s military to ensure flight safety of Russian combat aircraft near the Turkish border with Syria and prevent any future incidents, according to Radio Liberty. 

      It is reported that Russia has also established a hotline between a base used by the Russian air force in Syria and the Israeli air force command center, according to Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov.

      The statement came after Turkish military on Friday said it had downed an “air vehicle” of unknown origin which had violated Turkish air space close to the Syrian border, with a U.S. official suspecting it was of Russian origin. However, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday all its planes in Syria had safely returned to the base.

      Meanwhile, social network users pointed that the photos of the drone of unknown origin that was downed in Turkey were very similar to the photos of the drone that was shot down over Donbas by Ukrainian military in May 2014. It was said to be a modified version of a Russian Orlan-10, although it was significantly different from the basic version of this air vehicle.

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