Let’s be clear: Russia is to blame for the military incident in which Turkey shot down a Russian plane. The Russian plane was in Turkish airspace — and not for the first time. Turkey has been complaining to the Russians, since the inception of Russian operations in Syria, that Russian forces are not respecting Turkey’s sovereignty. Moreover, the Russian plane failed to respond to 10 warnings issued by the Turkish military to depart Turkish airspace — and the U.S. military has validated that those warnings occurred.
Russia has been risking this kind of incident for over two years, aggressively probing NATO …read more
Source: European Voice
