YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS. "The Russian bomber was shot down over Syria by an air-to-air surface fired from a Turkish F-16 plane when the bomber was at an altitude of 6,000 meters at a distance of 1 km from the Turkish bomber." Putin said, as “Armenpress” reports, citing TASS.

Russia will not tolerate crimes like the attack on the Russian Su-24 fighter jet shot down by the Turkish Air Force in Syrian skies, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with King of Jordan Abdullah II.

"I understand each country has its own regional interests, and we have always respected that. But we shall never tolerate crimes like today's one," the president said.

According to the president, the Su-24 plane crash in Syria goes beyond normal struggle against terrorism, and it is "a stab in Russia’s back delivered by terrorist accomplices." 

The Russian leader stressed that the downed fighter-bomber was posing no threat to Turkey.

The president said the attack on the Russian jet will have tragic consequences to Russia-Turkey ties.

"We will certainly carefully analyze what has happened and today’s tragic event will have serious consequences to Russian-Turkish relations," he said. "