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That NATO fired on a Russian aircraft over third-party territory is not a fact. Turkey has offered evidence that the Russian aircraft was over a thin sliver of
by merpnderp 11y ago
That NATO fired on a Russian aircraft over third-party territory is not a fact. Turkey has offered evidence that the Russian aircraft was over a thin sliver of Turkish territory.
- acqq 11y agoThe map here: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/06EE/production/_86847710_4244121f-6f25-419b-a113-d94603724eeb.jpg http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/06EE/production/_... And according to the Google Maps, it was cca 3 km crossed during the whole flight, which means the plane was effectively just some seconds over what's considered Turkey and obviously flying out of the territory.
- merpnderp 11y agoI agree with your parent statement that there is a Turkish willfulness to escalate. Flying over sovereign territory for 2 seconds, with a clear exist trajectory, isn't usually considered attack worthy. But it is not unlikely that this was Turkey taking what it considered a legitimate attack as revenge for Russian attacks on ethnic Turks in Syria.