YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS. The military of Russia and Syria delivered massive strikes at the territory where the pilot of Russia's Sukhoi Su-24M aircraft downed by the Turkish Air Force was rescued. “Armenpress” reports, citing TASS, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told about this on November 26.

"As soon as our pilot was safe, Russian bombers and rocket artillery of the Syrian government forces delivered massive strikes at the mentioned area," Konashenkov said.

"Terrorists and other mysterious groups acting in the area were destroyed," he said.

The spokesman added that militants and other armed units equipped with advanced devices tried to hunt down the navigator of the downed Russian Sukhoi-24M jet.

"I’d like to stress that apart from our search teams, the militants and other armed units equipped with devices for bearings were actively searching for the Russian pilot [who had managed to eject - TASS]," Gen Konashenkov said.

He recalled that the operation to track down and rescue the Russian pilot on the night from November 24 to November 25 lasted more than twelve hours.

"For the reasons that are clearly understandable, we can’t disclose all the details of that operation," Gen Konashenkov said.

According to Konashenkov, Russian aircraft have made 134 sorties over the past three days, attacking nearly 450 targets in eight Syrian provinces.

"On November 23-26, Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft have carried out 134 sorties at 449 facilities in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor," Konashenkov said.

The Russian Su-24 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 border. The jet dropped 4 km away from the Turkish border.

According to President Putin, the Su-24 plane incident in is "a stab in Russia’s back” delivered by terrorist accomplices.

Russian Federation Council suggests to temporarily suspend all ties with Turkey. Turkey has applied to UNSC and NATO to discuss this incident.