November 24, 2015 02:52 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 04:20 pm IST - Ankara
A Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet takes off from the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, Syria, in this file handout photograph released by Russia's Defence Ministry October 22, 2015. A warplane shot down by Turkey near the Syrian border on November 24, 2015 was a Russian-made SU-24.
The warplane shot down by Turkey near the Syrian border on Tuesday was a Russian-made SU-24, Turkish presidential sources said, adding it was downed in line with Turkey's rules of engagement after violating Ankara's airspace.
President Tayyip Erdogan has been briefed by the head of the military and will talk to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the sources said.
Russia's Defence Ministry said the downed fighter jet was Russian and did not violate Turkish airspace, the RIA news agency reported.
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