Turkey’s F-16 fighter that shot down the Russian Aerospace Forces’Sukhoi Su-24M bomber was in Syria’s airspace for 40 seconds and went 2kilometers inside its territory, while the Russian bomber did notviolate the Turkish state border, the commander-in-chief of the RussianAerospace Forces, Viktor Bondarev, said Friday."In line with air defense means objective control materials, theTurkish plane was in Syria’s airspace for 40 seconds and flew twokilometers inside its territory, whereas the Russian bomber did notviolate the state border of Turkey," Bondarev said.He said the crew of the second Su-24 plane confirmed the launch ofthe missile from the F-16. After the combat employment at the mentionedtarget and left turn to 130-degree course "it observed on the left sideof it flame and a tail of white smoke, which it reported to the flightoperations director," he said.According to the commander, Turkey’s F-16 fighter stoppedmaneuvering in its duty zone and started heading to the missile launchpoint nearly two minutes before the maximum proximity of the RussianSu-24M bomber to the Syrian-Turkish border."It’s necessary to note that the fighter stopped maneuvering in theduty zone and started promptly heading to the set-forward launch point 1minute 40 seconds prior to the maximum proximity of the Su-24M plane tothe Syrian-Turkish border," Bondarev told journalists.He said the actions of the Turkish plane after the missile launchabove Syrian territory - wind-down turn with altitude loss andwithdrawal under the lower limit of the air defense means targetacquisition area - were treacherous and planned beforehand.Bondarev said the Turkish fighters that attacked the Su-24M werewaiting for the Russian bomber in the air. Besides, according to Russianmilitary data, the bomber was in the Turkish Air Force’s radar stationscoverage area for over 30 minutes.According to him, during the analysis of the video recording of theair situation display, obtained from the Syrian Air Force and airdefense command post, "a mark of the air target flying at a speed of 810kmph from the direction of Turkey toward the state border on a190-degree course was discovered.""After the Turkish fighter’s approach with the Su-24M jet at adistance equal to the missile firing range (5-7 kilometers), whichtestifies to the F-16 plane being above the territory of the Syrian ArabRepublic, the fighter made an aggressive maneuver to the right indescent and got lost from the screen of the air situation display," hesaid.The commander also said that terrorists were informed about the plotted provocation against the Russian plane in advance."The fact that groups of terrorists reached the site of the pilot’slanding so quickly and that the video of the incident was posted on theinternet in a span of 90 minutes proves that the terrorists had beeninformed in advance about the plotted provocation so that it could bevideo recorded and posted in social networks," he said.Bondarev also noted that the video footage of Russian bomber's crashwas shot from the territory controlled by terrorists from North Caucasusand former Soviet republics. He also noted that the person shooting thevideo knew the time and place of the attack in advance."The shot angle makes it possible to define the exact place. It islocated in a territory held by radical terrorist groups from the NorthCaucasus or the former Soviet republics. The cameraman knew the exacttime and place from it would be possible to make exclusive shots,"Bondarev said.According to him, the Turkish media’s readiness to cover the incidentwas amazingly surprising. The general recalled that the Russian jetwas hit at 10:24 on November 25. A private Turkish TV company posted thevideo 90 minutes later."The prompt appearance of terrorist gangs at the landing place andthe video’s publication in the Internet 90 minutes after the incidentproves that the terrorists had been informed of the forthcomingprovocation in advance with an aim to shoot everything on a video andplace the materials in social networks," Bondarev stressed.The facts, the general went on to say, are pointing to a pre-plannedaction designed to destroy the Russian plane and later cover theincident in social networks.The Turkish Air Force’s F-16 fighter on November 24 shot down aRussian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber that Ankara claims violated the country’sairspace on the border with Syria. The Su-24M crew ejected but one ofthe two pilots was killed by fire from the ground. The second pilot wasrescued as a result of a 12-hour operation. During evacuation of theSu-24M crew, a Mi-8 helicopter was lost and a contract marine waskilled.Russia’s Defense Ministry said the Su-24M was above Syrian territoryand "there was no violation of Turkey’s airspace." It said the TurkishAir Force fighter violated Syria’s airspace.To protect Russian aircraft in Syria, state-of-the-art S-400 airdefense systems, whose killing range reaches 400 kilometers, wereredeployed to the Khmeimim airbase. Besides, the Russian missile cruiserMoskva equipped with the Fort air defense system (sea version of S-300)approached the Syrian coast.Russia’s Defense Ministry warned that Russian strike aircraft willfrom now on be escorted by fighters during sorties, while allpotentially dangerous targets will be destroyed.Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Turkey’s attack will have "serious consequences" for Russian-Turkish relations.Russia’s Aerospace Forces started delivering pinpoint strikes inSyria at facilities of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terroristorganizations, which are banned in Russia, on September 30, 2015, on arequest from Syrian President Bashar Assad.The air group initially comprised over 50 aircraft and helicopters,including Sukhoi Su-24M, Su-25SM and state-of-the-art Su-34 aircraft.They were redeployed to the Khmeimim airbase in the province of Latakia.On October 7, four missile ships of the Russian Navy’s CaspianFlotilla fired 26 Kalibr cruise missiles (NATO codename Sizzler) atmilitants’ facilities in Syria. On October 8, the Syrian army passed to alarge-scale offensive.In mid-November, Russia increased the number of aircraft taking partin the operation in Syria to 69 and involved strategic bombers instrikes at militants.