Rescued Russian pilot: Turkey shot with no warning
- 9 years ago
One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border told state media on Wednesday that there was no prior warning.
"There was no warning, not by radio exchange nor visually.
There was no contact at all," navigator Konstantin Murakhtin told Russian journalists at Moscow's base in Syria after being rescued by special forces.
Dressed in khaki and speaking with his back to the camera, Murakhtin echoed the Kremlin's version of events, saying that the plane could not have entered Turkish airspace "even for one second."
Murakhtin gave no details of the rescue operation that Russia's military said involved its special forces working alongside Syrian troops.
"There was no warning, not by radio exchange nor visually.
There was no contact at all," navigator Konstantin Murakhtin told Russian journalists at Moscow's base in Syria after being rescued by special forces.
Dressed in khaki and speaking with his back to the camera, Murakhtin echoed the Kremlin's version of events, saying that the plane could not have entered Turkish airspace "even for one second."
Murakhtin gave no details of the rescue operation that Russia's military said involved its special forces working alongside Syrian troops.