Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Michael Klimentyev / Sputnik
Daily Mail: 'They knew the exact time and the exact place': Putin accuses US of leaking flight path of doomed jet to Turkey... as his fearsome anti-aircraft missiles roll into Syria
* Putin has accused the U.S. of being complicit in the destruction of its jet
* The Russian jet was downed by Turkey after it entered Turkish airspace
* He claimed Russia gave the U.S. the flight path data for the doomed aircraft
* This was either 'leaked' or it 'does not control what its allies are doing'
* Meanwhile, today Russia's fearsome S-400 missile systems arrived in Syria
* Putin has also agreed to coordinate airstrikes with France against ISIS
Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. of being complicit in the destruction of its military jet two days ago - suggesting the Americans knew exactly when and where it was travelling.
In a press conference at the Kremlin tonight, Putin said the Russians had given prior information to the U.S. of the flight path of the plane - but the U.S. had 'leaked' the information to Turkey.
In other developments, Putin's dreaded S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems - mobilised in the wake of the jet's destruction - were photographed being unloaded from military transports in Syria.
He also vowed to join France in coordinating bombing campaigns against ISIS forces and agreed to share intelligence information.
WNU Editor: Apparently both Russia and Turkey had set up a hotline to avoid such an incident .... but on Tuesday Turkey choose to not use this line of communications. Not surprising .... Russia has cut off all military ties with Turkey, including this hotline .... Russia Cuts All Military Ties With Turkey (Sputnik). As to Russian President Putin's allegation that the U.S. knew of this Russian flight-plan .... and leaked it to Turkey .... that is a bridge too far for me right now. But both the U.S. and Russia are coordinating their military activities in Syria .... and I would be shocked if they were not aware of what the other side was doing. On a side note, Gwynne Dyer's analysis on Why Turkey wanted to shoot down a Russian plane is becoming more and more plausible.
More News On Russian President Putin Claiming That The U.S. Knew The Russian Flight Path And Leaked It To Turkey
Putin: US Knew Flight Path of Russian Jet Downed by Turkey -- VOA
US knew flight path of plane downed by Turkey: Putin -- AFP
Vladimir Putin: US knew flight path of plane downed by Turkey -- The Telegraph
Putin: US knew of flight path of Russian jet downed by Turkey -- Middle East Eye
Good 'ol Gwynne, I used to watch his "War" series when I was a kid. His analysis is pretty good but there's more going on here than just the Sultan.
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ReplyDelete" As to Russian President Putin's allegation that the U.S. knew of this Russian flight-plan .... and leaked it to Turkey .... that is a bridge too far for me right now", I don't know. This kind of reminds me of the conversation fazman and I had on the junior officer scenario. The guy who's got standing orders, executes them and then when it all blows up no one remembers the orders and he's hung out to dry. I think there is a good chance Putin's charge is true and Erdogan is now the "junior officer".