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originally posted by: CriticalStinker
Looks like Natanyahu and Putin spoke on the phone, and Russia is backtracking from their strong language on this indecent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Israel was not responsible for the downing of a Russian military aircraft during a strike on Syria Monday night. "It looks like a chain of tragic circumstances, because the Israeli plane didn't shoot down our jet," he said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Putin and expressed his condolences, but added that the responsibility for the downing of the Russian plane rests with Syria. He also reiterated that Israel is determined to prevent Iran from gaining a military foothold in Syria and thwart Tehran's attempts to aid Hezbollah with lethal weapons against Israel.
Haaretz
originally posted by: BigDave-AR
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
Looks like Natanyahu and Putin spoke on the phone, and Russia is backtracking from their strong language on this indecent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Israel was not responsible for the downing of a Russian military aircraft during a strike on Syria Monday night. "It looks like a chain of tragic circumstances, because the Israeli plane didn't shoot down our jet," he said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Putin and expressed his condolences, but added that the responsibility for the downing of the Russian plane rests with Syria. He also reiterated that Israel is determined to prevent Iran from gaining a military foothold in Syria and thwart Tehran's attempts to aid Hezbollah with lethal weapons against Israel.
Haaretz
The Russian bluster is getting a little old they sure like back talking.
originally posted by: Flanker86
This issue is a desperate provocation from some "loser power". I don't think that they are going to get anything they want !
Who orchestrated this provocation at this moment is probably completely delusional and the outcome of it ... will surprise the provocateurs !
originally posted by: glend
It makes no difference if Syrian or Israel missiles destroyed the Russian plane because all strikes on Syria by Israel, NATO and US violate UN Charter and international law. So if the Russian Il-20 was shot down by friendly fire responding to an attack by Israel, then the responsibility of the causalities rest with Israel.
And so does Russia not also violate any UN charter or International law by being involved in Syria
Does the Assad regime not violate International law and commit human rights atrocities?
The report was presented at a special meeting held in Moscow, after the head of the defense ministry in Moscow accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of the surveillance plane
The IDF says that the fact that, to this day, no foreign aircraft has been shot down by Syria is a miracle.
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According to the IDF maps presented to the Russians, there was no room for doubt: the Syrian anti-aircraft attack included dozens of missiles of various sorts, including the advanced Soviet S-200 missile that downed the Israeli fighter plane in the Galilee in February.
The Syrian warplanes fired missiles in all directions: south towards Lebanon, east to Syria, and west towards the coast—where the Russian plane was shot down. According to the IDF report, this multifaceted attack demonstrates the Syrian army's "rampage."
[…]
Senior IAF officers also presented a greater concern to their Russian counterparts. IDF data shows that until February, the Syrian anti-aircraft system, which is the largest and most densely populated in the Middle East, only fired a few missiles in the IAF's attacks.
In February the army faced a turning point. An Israeli F-16 aircraft was shot downand crashed after IAF successfully intercepted an Iranian drone launched towards Israel at night.
The downing of the IAF aircraft by Syria, the first of its kind in the last three decades, stimulated the Syrian's appetite for the antiaircraft system.
In addition to the rapid rearmament of Russia's new missiles and advanced batteries, mere weeks after they were destroyed in the attack on IAF, about half of the aircraft inventory has grown, and with it, Syrian audacity too.
Since then, in each attack, the Syrian army launched dozens of anti-aircraft missiles at the IAF. Syria launched a record number—about 170—of anti-aircraft missiles at IAF planes in May, during the night of "Operation House of Cards."
In Syria's subsequent air force attacks, the country launched large quantities of anti-aircraft missiles.