NATO wages war on Russia

Mark Sleboda said it right when he said this is NATO waging war on Russia.

Turkey has evoked the NATO alliance in its response

Here is most of the coverage from the day, just from one source – RT.

I will not bother replicating what western mainstream media is saying which ranges from half—truths and distortions to in some cases, outright lies.

Watch full coverage from RT HERE

Turkish F16 fighter shot down Russian Su-24 jet over Syria, MoD confirms

The Russian Su-24 military jet was shot down by a Turkish F-16 over Syrian territory while returning to Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed.

The Ministry's Twitter says that “analysis of the objective monitoring data” showed the downed SU-24 jet did not violate Turkish air space.

Follow LIVE UPDATES on Russian warplane shot down at Syria-Turkey border

Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he regards the downing of the SU-24 as “a stab in the back” by “terrorist accomplices,” adding that Turkey gets the flow of oil from Islamic State-controlled territories.

READ MORE: ‘Downing of Russian jet over Syria stab in the back by terrorist accomplices’ – Putin

President Putin said the SU-24 pilots “were conducting an operation to fight ISIS in northern Latakia which is a mountainous area where the rebels – mostly from the Russian Federation – are stationed. In this sense they were carrying out their duty to make preventive strikes on terrorists who could return to Russia at any time.”

The president said Russia had always treated Turkey as a friendly state, but concluded: “This tragic event will cause serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations. […] I don’t know who was in need of what was done today, at any rate, it wasn’t us.”

The SU-24 tactical bomber jet was downed on Tuesday morning after being hit by an air-to-air missile fired from a Turkish F-16 fighter jet.

Both pilots managed to eject, but were reportedly shot while parachuting by rebels from the ground. Video footage released by the rebels shortly afterwards shows the dead body of a Russian pilot being inspected by armed men. A Russian air rescue team from Latakia airbase is still airborne searching for the other pilot

If you'pve got some time on your hands HERE is the full RT live coverage of events

And here are Vladimir Putin's words in full (not the edited highlights omitting to mention that he was in talks with the King of Jordan)

Putin: Downing of Russian jet over Syria stab in the back by terrorist accomplices

Here are some very good commentary from a Middle East expert from Beirut - the sort of real analysis that is missing from our media,that one craves for.

‘Turkey wants to drag NATO in a kind
of collision course with 

Russia’ – Ali Rizk

Pepe Escobar provides his spot-on commentary in his inimitable manner

Not only Ankara backs Daesh but offers also logistical 

support - Pepe Escobar

 

Last but not least this tweet from a Kurdish source caught my
eye.

Here is the western response. Facts don’t matter

Calls for Calm After Turkey Downs Russian Jet