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Did Israel just shoot down Russian plane is Syria?


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:read: Israel pushed the Russian plane into Syrian air defense?

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Russia has said Syria shot down one of its military planes - but laid the blame for the deaths of the 15 personnel on board with Israel.

The defence ministry said Israeli jets put the Il-20 plane into the path of Syrian air defence systems on Monday after failing to give Moscow enough warning of a strike on Syrian targets.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45556290

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1 minute ago, Skidooski said:

:read: Israel pushed the Russian plane into Syrian air defense?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45556290

So, Russia was flying too close to Israili airspace, got brushed back and subsequenstly shot down by Syrian defences that were most likely supplied by Russia?  WOW.  What a fucking gong show going on over there.  

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1 minute ago, Zambroski said:

So, Russia was flying too close to Israili airspace, got brushed back and subsequenstly shot down by Syrian defences that were most likely supplied by Russia?  WOW.  What a fucking gong show going on over there.  

Oh no the Russia/Israel haters will have to pick a side.  :lol:  

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Russian air defense system used by Syrians shot down the plane.  Israel was conducting some kind of air attack in the area and Syria launched missiles and hit the Russian plane.  Russia might be claiming that Israel used the Russian aircraft as cover to launch the air attack.

 

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5 hours ago, Carlos Danger said:

The Russians are no match for the Israeli air Force. Plus the Russians are no where near proficient at playing the game of tight spaces around borders between countries.

Well yeah, your tax dollars buy the best stuff. 

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from npr

Russian Surveillance Plane Accidentally Shot Down By Syrian Forces, Moscow Says

A Russian surveillance plane carrying 15 people was accidentally shot down over northwestern Syria by regime forces, Russia's Ministry of Defense says. However, officials in Moscow are blaming Israel for the incident, which killed all 15 service members on board.

The defense ministry says the turbo-prop Il-20 "Coot" used for electronic reconnaissance disappeared from radar near the coastal city of Latakia on Tuesday just as Israeli F-16s were launching airstrikes on targets in the area.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, blamed "extensive and inaccurate" Syrian anti-aircraft fire.

 

"The trace of the Il-20 on flight control radars disappeared during an attack by four Israeli F-16 jets on Syrian facilities in Latakia province," the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.

Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the F-16s were "hiding behind the Russian aircraft," and that the Israeli pilots put the Russian plane "in the line of fire of Syrian anti-aircraft systems."

A Syrian S-200 surface-to-air missile brought down the plane, the ministry said.

"We view these provocative Israeli actions to be hostile," Konashenkov was quoted by Interfax as saying in a translation published in The Moscow Times.

"Fifteen Russian servicemen died as a result of the irresponsible actions of the Israeli military," he added.

Konashenkov said Russia reserves the right to take appropriate "retaliatory measures," but he provided no specifics.

"At the same time Russian air control radar systems detected rocket launches from the French frigate Auvergne which was located in that region," the Russian ministry said in a statement, but a French military spokesman denied the warship had any involvement in the shooting down of the Russian plane.

IDF tweeted that "When the Syrian Army launched the missiles that hit the Russian plane, IAF jets were already within Israeli airspace."

"During the strike against the target in Latakia, the Russian plane that was then hit was not within the area of the operation," the tweets said.

 

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