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Urgent: Russian warplance has not violated Turkish airspace -- Putin

Xinhua, November 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Russian Su-24 warplane was attacked 1 km from the border with Turkey and crashed 4 km away.

"The Russian pilots and the warplane in no way threatened Turkey. This is obvious," Putin said, describing the incident as "a stab in the back."

He made the statement during talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Russia's Sochi. Endi