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Rescued Russian pilot says no warning before jet downed
AFP
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Fighter jet shot down. Reuters file photo
Fighter jet shot down. Reuters file photo

One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border told state media today that there was no prior warning from the Turks.

"There was no warning, not by radio exchange nor visually. There was no contact at all,"  Konstantin Murakhtin told Russian journalists at Moscow's base in Syria after being rescued by special forces.

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(Published 25 November 2015, 21:24 IST)