IHH: Russian planes attacked the Turkish humanitarian convoy in Syria

The aircraft of Russian VKS attacked a column of trucks with humanitarian aid in the north of Syria. This was announced on Twitter by the Turkish human rights organization IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation. The message is accompanied by photos of burning trucks. "IHH civil defense units work on the spot after Russian military aircraft attacked a truck with humanitarian aid in AAZAZ," the photographs say. A similar message appeared on the Facebook of the organization.

In the IHH message , which appeared a little later, there is no longer a clear information about who exactly the air jacket inflicted. There it is also noted that the injured trucks of the organization do not belong. It is specified that the humanitarian load was intended for Syrian refugees.

Meanwhile, the Turkish State Agency Anadolu , referring to his own sources, claims that the air jacket was inflicted precisely by the Russian VKS. The note says at least about seven dead and ten victims.

The Hurriyet newspaper cites the words of the field commander of the Syrian rebels of Zakeria Karsley, he claims that it was Russian planes that carried out the bombardment. In total, 20 trucks burned. At the same time, the article says that before this area was bombed by the Syrian Air Force.

On Tuesday, the Su-24 Russian bomber was shot down by an air-to-air missile from the Turkish aircraft F-16. According to the Turkish General Staff, the plane, flying about 5 kilometers in the Turkish airspace, came out of it. The Russian General Staff said that "according to the exact data of objective control" , the Russian Su-24 aircraft did not cross the border with Turkey . The Russian military claims that the Turkish side before bringing down the Su-24 did not try to make contact with the crew of the Russian aircraft, and the attacking fighter of the Turkish Air Force violated the airspace of Syria.

Su-24 pilots were catapulted. The crew commander Oleg Peshkov died in the air from the fire from the ground. The navigator Konstantin Murakhtin managed to land and get to the military of the Syrian government army. Murakhtin also said that the aircraft did not cross the border of Turkey.

The fact that Moscow will revise relations with Ankara said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov. “We are not going to fight with Turkey, the attitude to the Turkish people has not changed, we have questions for the actions of the current Turkish leadership,” Lavrov explained. The Minister did not rule out that the attack of the Turkish Air Force on the Russian Su-24 was a "planned provocation."