俄罗斯星期二说，一架俄罗斯Su-24战机在土耳其与叙利亚边界坠毁，并说这架战机被“地面炮火”击落。
土耳其军方官员说，这家俄罗斯战机飞入土耳其领空，无视土耳其五分钟内发出的10次要求其返回叙利亚空域的警告，随后被土耳其的F-16战机击落。
俄罗斯国防部说，这架战机一直从未飞离叙利亚领空。俄罗斯还表示，这架战机的飞行员跳伞，但目前的情况尚不清楚。来自该地区的视频显示，两名飞行员使用降落伞从空中下降。土耳其媒体说，俄罗斯直升飞机正在搜索这一地区。
克里姆林宫的一位发言人称之为“非常严重的事件”，但是说要下定论为时尚早。
美国国务院发言人说，目前还不能证实媒体有关土耳其战机击落一架国籍不明战机的报道，但正密切关注事态发展。
Russia said Tuesday one of its Su-24 fighter jets was shot down along the border between Turkey and Syria, but said "firing from the ground" was responsible for downing the plane.
Turkish military officials, however, said their F-16 jets shot down the plane after it violated the country's airspace and ignored 10 warnings in the span of five minutes to leave.
Russia's defense ministry said the jet never left Syrian territory. Russia also said its pilots ejected, but that their status was unknown. Video from the area appeared to show two pilots parachuting down from the sky, and Turkey's Dogan news agency said Russian helicopters were searching the area.
A Kremlin spokesman called it a "very serious incident" but said it was too early to draw conclusions.
A U.S. State Department spokesman says they cannot confirm press reports that Turkish jets have downed a warplane of unknown origin, but are monitoring the situation closely.
