Russian media released alleged video footage of Turkish artillery support for a rebel offensive on Syrian army lines in Syria’s Idlib province on Thursday.

Turkey and Russia failed to reach a peaceful agreement on the situation in Idlib during diplomatic talks that ended in Moscow earlier this week, which led to a warning by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that a Turkish military operation against the Russian-backed Syrian army was “a matter of time”.

Drone footage broadcasted by Russian media showed the Turkish self-propelled howitzers providing fire support for jihadist fighters, who launched their operation against the Syrian army on Thursday.

Russian analyst Kerim Has said that the official release of Russian drone footage related to the Turkish military was the first since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane along the Syrian-Turkish border in 2015.

“For the first time since the plane crisis, Russia’s state agency published official drone footage of Turkey’s fire support for fighters in Syria,” Has said, sharing the footage on his Twitter account.