BREAKING: Turkish Military says a foreign fighter jet has been shot down on its border with #Syria after it violated Turkish airspace.
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BREAKING UPDATE: Turkey's Presidency confirms the downed plane is Russian army jet
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BREAKING UPDATE: Russian Defense Ministry says The Russian fighter jet did not violate Turkish air airspace when it was shot down.
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UPDATE: Russia says fighter jet was downed by ground fire, not Turkish jets,Is Russia trying to minimise the situation by blaming Rebels?!
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UPDATE: Russian air-force currently conducting a major search & rescue operation to try & rescue the 2 pilots from the shot down fighter jet
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UPDATE: Turkish Presidency says Russian pilot repeatedly ignored warnings before it was shot down over
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UPDATE: Turkish military says it warned the Russian jet ten times in the space of five minutes before shooting it down.
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If the pilots are being held by Turkmen FSA groups in
#Latakia area who are close to the Turkish military that might prevent an escalation -
MORE: Russian FM Lavrov was due to visit Turkey tomorrow, will be interesting to see if he will travel to
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UPDATE: According to sources in
#Syria both pilots were captured, One was injured, the other is unharmed and being held by Turkmen rebels -
UPDATE: Russian President Putin to make a statement about the downing of the Russian fighter jet by Turkish air-force over Syria.
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BREAKING UPDATE: One of the Russian pilots dead.
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