Putin moves anti-aircraft missile system to Turkish border after accusing the country’s officials of ‘deliberately provoking’ Russia by shooting down their fighter jet

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Putin moves anti-aircraft missile system to Turkish border after accusing the country’s officials of ‘deliberately provoking’ Russia by shooting down their fighter jet

Tensions high since Turkish army shot down Russian jet on Syrian border
Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov called it ‘planned provocation’
Putin has moved his highly advanced S-400 anti-aircraft system into Syria
Also claimed ISIS was trading human organs on black markets in Turkey
President of Turkey says country does not want any escalation with Russia
Turkey has now claimed it had no idea the downed airplane was Russian
See more of the latest news updates on the downed Russian jet

By JULIAN ROBINSON and SARA MALM and WILL STEWART FOR MAILONLINE

Russia has moved its fearsome S-400 anti-aircraft missile system to the Turkish border with Syria as its response to the downing of its fighter jet ramps up.
It has also accused Turkey of deliberately provoking it by shooting down the aircraft, claiming it was not a ‘unpremeditated act’.

World leaders have been scrambling to defuse tensions between the two countries ever since the Sukhoi SU-24 jet was downed yesterday near the Turkey-Syria border.
But despite the international community’s best efforts, President Vladimir Putin has deployed his feared S-400 battalions to Latakia, Syria.
The highly advanced missile system is capable of downing aircraft 250miles away that are travelling at a height of 60,000ft – giving Putin surface-to-air capabilities over almost the entirety of the conflict.
However, in a statement released this evening, Turkey has claimed it had no idea the jet violating its airspace was Russian….More Here

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Putin moves anti-aircraft missile system to Turkish border after accusing the country’s officials of ‘deliberately provoking’ Russia by shooting down their fighter jet