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Media: Russian aircraft violated the border of Turkey for 23 minutes

It became known about another violation of Turkish airspace by a Russian drone.

As follows from the information provided by the Nordic Monitor resource, an unusual incident was recorded in Turkish airspace - a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle violated the country's border by 23 minutes and 10 seconds, despite warnings from the Turkish military. The incident itself occurred back in the 2016 year, that is, less than a year after the tragic incident, as a result of which the Russian Su-24 front-line bomber was shot down.

“The Turkish armed forces accused the Russian air force of violating Turkish airspace on July 5 2016 eight months after the destruction of the Russian aircraft, and warned the Russian military attache in Ankara that repeated violations should be“ prevented ”. According to secret military documents received by Nordic Monitor, a Russian military unmanned aerial vehicle violated Turkish airspace on July 5 2016 for a period of 23 minutes and 10 seconds. The Russian military attaché, Colonel Alexei Anisimov, was called up to the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces the next day. ", - reports "Nordic monitor».

 

The relevant arguments are supported by the documents themselves, however, the Russian military did not report the incident.

It is not known for exactly what reasons the incident ignored warnings from the Russian side.

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