EPA*REUTERS*IG Furious Vladimir Putin warned Turkey will face consequences after downing the jet

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The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, giving a televised briefing said Russia will have to "seriously reassess" relations with Ankara after the actions by Turkish military. He did however rule out military retaliation, saying Russia is not going to war with Turkey. The comments come as US officials claimed the Russian fighter was in Syrian airspace at the time it was shot down by Turkish military.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity claimed the doomed jet had flown back to Syria after a brief incursion into Turkey's zone but was shot down in Syrian airspace. Turkish authorities claimed the pilots dismissed 10 warnings in five minutes before the aircraft was blasted out of the sky in the northern Syrian Turkman mountains. However according to the US source, an assessment of the jet's heat signature indicates it was inside neighbouring Syria's airspace at the time of the shooting - supporting the claims of Russian president Vladimir Putin. A number of accounts suggest the Su-24 was in Turkish territory for just 17 seconds before it was attacked, crashing once it had crossed back into Syria.

REUTERS A US official claimed the doomed jet was inside Syrian airspace

The Russian leader said the Su-24 plane, flown by a pair of Russian pilots, was actually 4km inside the Syrian border as he gravely warned the incident will have "serious consequences" for Turkish-Russian relations. Today, Putin said an S-300 air defence system had been sent to a Russian airbase in Syria and that Turkey leadershiip deliberately supported the Islamicisation of its country. The furious president branded the incident as a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists" and accused Turkey of protecting ISIS with its military.

Turkish President Erdogan said his country did not want an escalation with Russia over the downed plane. He said: "We are only defending out own security and the rights of our brothers" He also said that parts of the downed plane landed inside Turkey, injuring two Turkish citizens.

Russian ambassador to France said today that his country would be prepared to create a 'joint staff' to deal with ISIS. He said Moscow would be prepared to work with France, the United States and even Turkey. Alexander Orlov said: "We are prepared to... plan strikes on Daesh (IS) positions together and create a joint staff with France, the US, with all the countries who want to be in this coalition. "If the Turks want to be in at as well, they are welcome" despite tensions after Turkey downed a Russian military jet." Global powers have rushed to defuse the situation which experts have warned could lead to an escalation and even war German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this morning that the shooting down of a Russian warplane by Turkey has complicated the process of finding a political solution in Syria and everything must be done to avoid a further escalation. "The situation has been aggravated by the shooting down of a Russian plane by Turkey," Merkel said in a speech in the lower house of parliament, in reference to the situation in Syria.



"We need to do everything to avoid an escalation," she added. "Of course every country has a right to defend its territory but on the other hand we know how tense the situation is in Syria and in the surrounding area. I spoke yesterday with the Turkish prime minister and asked him to do everything to de-escalate the situation." US president Barack Obama, along with French counterpart Francios Hollande, called on Russia to focus its attacks on the barbaric terror group rather than seek revenge on Turkey. The pair also urged Turkey not to let the situation escalate any further.

IG More footage emerged of rebels reportedly shooting down a Russian helicopter sent to save the pilots

Russian plane shot down over Turkey Tue, November 24, 2015 A Russian Su-24 fighter jet has been shot out of the sky over the Turkish-Syrian border. Play slideshow Getty 1 of 12 Flames can be seen coming out of the fighter jet that was shot down over Turkey

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