2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown

2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24M at Khmeimim airbase, similar to that shot down
Shootdown summary
Date 24 November 2015
Summary Shootdown by Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet
Site Syria–Turkey border
Crew 2 + CSAR helicopter with unknown crew
Fatalities 1 pilot, 1 marine (during rescue operation)
Survivors 1 weapon systems officer[1]
Aircraft type 1 Sukhoi Su-24M
1 Mi-8AMTsh CSAR helicopter (during rescue operation)
Operator Russian Air Force
Registration 83[2]
Flight origin Khmeimim airbase

A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border on 24 November 2015.[3][4] According to Turkey, the aircraft—whose nationality was unknown at the time—was fired upon while in Turkish airspace because it violated the border up to a depth of 2.19 kilometres (1.36 miles) for about 17 seconds after being warned to change its heading 10 times over a period of five minutes.[5][6] The Russia Defence Ministry denied the aircraft ever left Syrian airspace, counter-claiming that their satellite data showed that the Sukhoi was about 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) inside Syrian airspace when it was shot down.[7] The US State Department said that the US independently confirmed that the aircraft's flight path violated Turkish territory, and that the Turks gave multiple warnings to the pilot, to which they received no response.[8][9] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pointed out that Turkey had the right to defend its airspace.[10] Russian president Vladimir Putin said that the US knew the flight path of the Russian jet and should have informed Turkey; two US officials said that Russia did not inform the US military of its jet's flight plan.[11]

The Russian pilot and weapon systems officer both ejected from the aircraft. The weapon systems officer was rescued;[1] the pilot was shot and killed by Syrian Turkmen rebel ground fire while descending by parachute.[12] The shooting of an ejecting aircraft pilot is in contravention of Article 42 of the 1977 additional protocol of the Geneva Convention.[13] A Russian naval infantryman from the search-and-rescue team launched to retrieve the two airmen was also killed when a rescue helicopter was targeted by the rebels and crewmen inside killed by ground fire.[12]

The shootdown was the first destruction of a Russian or Soviet Air Forces warplane by a NATO member state since the Korean War.[14][15][16] Reactions to the incident included denunciation from Russia and an attempt to defuse the situation by NATO afterwards. Russia deployed the guided missile cruiser Moskva armed with S-300F (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range SAM missiles off the Syrian coast near Latakia[17] and S-400 (SA-21 Growler) mobile SAM systems to Khmeimim airbase.

Background

Erdoğan (left) and Putin at the G-20 summit in Antalya on 15 November 2015

After the 2012 shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan protested, saying that brief incursions should not trigger an attack, pointing out that Turkey did not shoot down Syrian helicopters that strayed into Turkish airspace.[18][19][20] Nevertheless, as a response to the event he announced that Turkey changed its rules of engagement, and said it would start to consider all "military elements" approaching from Syria an enemy threat and would act accordingly.[21][22] Subsequently Turkey shot down a Syrian Mi-17 helicopter in September 2013[23] and a MiG-23 warplane in March 2014.[24]

Russia is one of several countries directly involved in the Syrian conflict. On 30 September 2015, Russia began its air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other anti-government forces.

In early October, Turkey and NATO protested against what they saw as Russia's deliberate violations of Turkish airspace.[25][lower-alpha 1] The Russian Defence Ministry admitted that a Russian Su-30 aircraft had entered Turkish airspace "for a few seconds" because of bad weather, adding that measures had been taken to prevent a repeat of such incidents, however Turkish radar had tracked the aircraft straying into Turkish airspace for up to 5 miles lasting "several minutes".[32][33][34] From 3–15 October, five discussions between senior ranking officials from Turkey and Russia occurred, concerning Turkish rules of engagement and Russian violations of Turkish airspace.[35][36][37][38] On 6 November 2015, six U.S. Air Force F-15C fighters were deployed by US European Command from the 48th Fighter Wing at their Lakenheath base in Britain to Incirlik Air Base as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.[22][39] The Government of Turkey requested these to secure the sovereignty of Turkish airspace because of earlier repeated Russian intrusions into Turkish airspace.[22][39]

On 19 November, Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov and the Russian military attaché Colonel Andrei Victorovich Dovger were summoned by Turkey.[40] Russia, which was criticised by Turkey for having conducted operations near the Turkish border, a region inhabited by Syrian Turkmen and largely free of ISIL (though al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, is present in the region),[41][42] was notified that Turkey's rules of engagement were in place and it would react to any violations of its border security. Turkey also warned Russia that it would not be indifferent to "attacks targeting the life security of Turkmen" in the Bayırbucak area.[43][44] The preceding week Turkey had called for the UN Security Council to discuss attacks against Turkish-backed Turkmens.[45] Approximately 1,700 people had fled the area in the previous three days due to battles between Syrian government forces and anti-government Syrian Turkmen and al-Nusra Front fighters.[42] Russia has bombed the area near the Turkish border to support Syrian government forces.[45] Syrian Turkmen formed their own armed brigades named Syrian Turkmen Brigades in opposition to the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, loosely affiliated with other rebels such as the Free Syrian Army. The Turkmen brigades also cooperate with al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate the al-Nusra Front and with the Salafi coalition known as Ahrar al-Sham.[46] In Latakia the Turkish-supported rebels formed the Jabal al-Turkman Brigade.[46]

Shootdown

Approximate flight paths according to the Turkish and Russian military

On 24 November 2015 at 9:24 am, as it was returning to Khmeimim airbase, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber aircraft with tail number 83 was shot down near the Syrian–Turkish border by a AIM-9X Sidewinder missile[47] from a patrolling Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet.[48][49] The Economist reported that the two Su-24s were on their way to strike Syrian Turkmen targets.[44] Syrian government forces supported by the Shiite militias and the Russian air force were fighting against Syrian Turkmen brigades, Army of Conquest and al-Nusra Front fighters.[42]

Early reports from Russian news agencies citing the Russian Defence Ministry, indicated that the aircraft had been downed by a ground-based strike from Syrian Turkmen rebels,[50] but they later confirmed Turkish reports that the aircraft had been shot down by Turkish fighter jets. The Turkish military released a graphic of the Russian aircraft's flight pattern, which shows it crossing the southern tip of Hatay Province before being shot down and crashing near Turkmen Mountain.[51][52] Russia then countered Turkey's radar trace analysis by publishing a different flight map showing no airspace violation.[53][54] Three days later, on November 27, Russia published another map.[2]

A map issued by the Russian Ministry of Defence showing the flight paths the Russian Government claims the aircraft flew

According to Turkey's statement to the UN Security Council, two aircraft, whose nationalities were unknown at the time, violated Turkish airspace up to a depth of 2.19 km (1.36 mi) for about 17 seconds.[5][55] According to Turkish officials, the aircraft were given 10 warnings within the span of 5 minutes, by operators at a ground-controlled interception station, to change their course.[51] Turkey later released the audio recording ("The unknown air traffic position to Humaymim 020 radial 26 miles. This is Turkish Air Force speaking on Guard. You are approaching Turkish airspace, change your heading south immediately").[56][57][58] The Russians claim there were no warnings.[59][60] Analysts have noted that Turkey's warnings were issued on a dedicated mutually-agreed radio channel, which was the international Guard (emergency) channel (243.0 MHz), but the R-862M radio fitted to the Su-24M is not able to monitor this channel without optional equipment, which may not have been installed.[61][62] According to Turkey, one aircraft left Turkish national airspace after violating it; the other aircraft was fired upon by Turkish F-16s patrolling the area and crashed into Syrian territory after being hit in Turkish airspace.[5] Based on its heat signature, an anonymous American official stated that the jet was hit in Syrian airspace after a short incursion into Turkey.[63] On 30 November, US Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute stated that the data supported the Turkish version of events.[64]

According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the Su-24 was downed from an altitude of 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) within one kilometre of the Turkish border and in Syrian airspace, while returning to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria.[49] Russia has maintained that the aircraft never left Syrian territory.[48] The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the aircraft was an Su-24 but said that it had proof the jet was within Syrian airspace.[51] According to the commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor Bondarev, a Turkish F-16 entered Syria's airspace for 40 seconds and flew 2 km (1.2 mi) inside Syrian territory, but the Russian bomber did not violate the Turkish border.[65]

Casualties

Repatriation of Oleg Peshkov's body at Chkalovsky Airport

Both pilots ejected after the aircraft was hit.[51] Initially, the deputy commander of a Turkmen Syrian opposition rebel brigade in Syria, Alparslan celik (a Turkish citizen and member of the Grey Wolves ultra-nationalist group [66][67][68]), claimed his forces had shot dead the two pilots as they descended with parachutes,[69] and in a film a person could be heard in the background repeatedly shouting "Stop shooting!" in Turkish as the parachutists descended.[70] A Turkish official reported that he believed both were alive.[71] It was also reported that one of the pilots had been captured by the Turkmen fighters and a video was circulated which allegedly showed the pilot's body.[72]

Russia's military general staff spokesman Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi confirmed that one pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov, was killed by ground fire;[73][74] the other pilot, who was the navigator, was rescued.[1][75]

The shooting of an ejecting aircraft pilot is in contravention of Article 42 of the 1977 additional protocol of the Geneva Convention.[13]

The pilot of the Su-24, Oleg Peshkov, 45, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation, the country's highest military honour; the surviving weapon systems officer, Konstantin Murakhtin, and the killed rescuer, Alexander Pozynych, received the Order of Courage.[76] On 2 December Peshkov was buried with full military honours in the Alley of Heroes of the cemetery in Lipetsk with about 10,000 people attending.[77][78][79]

Search and rescue

The Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency showed the initial video footage of the aircraft crashing and the two pilots parachuting down. Russian helicopters conducted low-altitude combat search and rescue flights in the area to look for the pilot.[80] As the Russian armed forces began planning an operation to extract the Su-24 pilot, Iranian General Qasem Soleimani contacted them and proposed that a special task force unit be formed of Hezbollah's special forces and Syrian commandos who had been trained by Iran and were familiar with the geography of the region to be tasked with the ground operations for the pilot's rescue, with Russia providing transport, logistical support, air cover and satellite intelligence. The team of 26 special forces commandos which General Soleimani put forth consisted of eight Hezbollah special forces personnel and 18 Syrian special forces commandos.[81][82]

Two Mil Mi-8 helicopters were sent to find and recover the pilots from the crash site. One of the helicopters was damaged by small-arms fire from Syrian Turkmen Brigade militants, resulting in the death of a naval infantryman, and was forced to make an emergency landing.[83][84] All the surviving crew of the helicopter were rescued and evacuated later on.[85] The Free Syrian Army's 1st Coastal Division claimed that they subsequently destroyed the abandoned helicopter using a US-made BGM-71 TOW missile.[86]

The body of the dead pilot was flown to Turkey and Russian officials in Ankara arranged for its repatriation to Moscow.[87][88]

Aftermath

Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu presents President Putin with the flight data recorder of the Su-24

On 25 November, the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke for an hour by telephone, and both governments stated that day that they would not initiate a war as a result of the incident. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists that his country would "seriously reevaluate" its relationship with Turkey.[89][90][91] The Russian Defence Ministry broke off military contacts with the Turkish Armed Forces and Russian defence officials said that future airstrikes in Syria would be escorted by fighters.[92] According to the Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Shoygu, Russia will deploy S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Khmeimim airbase in Syria, where the Russian Aerospace Forces group is stationed.[93][94] On 2 December it was reported that Turkey had countered by installing the KORAL electronic jamming system along its southern border with Syria.[95]

Reactions

Involved parties

A few hours after the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke from Sochi, where he was meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan,[96] saying that it was a "stab in the back by terrorist accomplices,"[51][97] that Russia would not put up with attacks like this one[45] and that Russia–Turkey relations would be affected. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was due to visit Turkey the next day, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had scheduled a visit to Russia later in the year.[98][99][100] Lavrov cancelled his trip after the incident.[92] Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoi said that forces threatening Russia would be targeted.[101] Protesters pelted the Turkish embassy in Russia with eggs before police cleared the area.[102] On 26 November, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced broad economic sanctions against Turkey that would affect their joint investment projects,[103] including the possible shelving of a multibillion-dollar deal to build Turkish Stream gas pipeline through Turkey.[104] Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that Turkey would regret its actions.[105] Putin accused Turkey of helping ISIL in the illegal oil trade, saying that funds from the sale of oil were used to support terrorists.[106] The Russian Air Force had recently started bombing the oil tankers en route to other countries, including Turkey, and the infrastructure for processing and storage of crude oil.[107][108] Putin later claimed that the Turkish shoot-down was an "ambush" that had been prepared in advance.[109] A bill making denial of the Armenian Genocide illegal has been introduced in the Russian State Duma.[110]

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said the shooting would be added to the criminal record of insurgent groups fighting in the country and of those countries that were financing and arming them; he mentioned Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the strongest such backers.[111]

Erdoğan pointed out that Turkey had the right to defend its airspace. He said worse incidents have not taken place in the past because of Turkey's restraint. He also stressed that Turkey's actions were fully in line with the new rules of engagement adopted after Syria shot down a Turkish jet in 2012.[10] Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu offered condolences and said the Turkish pilots did not know it was a Russian plane.[112] Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu defended the action saying Turkey has the right to defend itself against border violations, but that it did not amount to an aggression against any foreign territory and the country called for NATO to hold an extraordinary meeting later in the day.[113] He further called for working towards solving the crisis in Syria.[111] Davutoğlu also said that attacks on Turkmen could not be legitimised under the justification of attacking ISIL.[89] Turkey's Ambassador to the United States, Serdar Kilic, asked for Turkey's warnings to be taken seriously.[114] Davutoglu said Turkey would cooperate but did not offer an apology.[115] Dozens of protesters were reported outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul demonstrating against Russian military operations in the Turkmen-populated areas of Syria.[111] Russian President Putin issued a decree within hours of Turkey's statement which placed a ban on trade of some goods, forbade extensions of labour contracts for Turks working in Russia as of 1 January 2016, ended chartered flights from Russia to Turkey, disallowed Russian tourism companies from selling holiday packages with a stay in Turkey, and called for ending visa-free travel between Russia and Turkey, while ordering tighter control over Turkish air carriers in Russia, using security as a justification.[116]

Russia started bombarding rebels – including Turkmen insurgents – in Latakia, ignoring demands made by Turkey over the previous week to end its military operations close to the Turkish border.[117] A Turkmen commander said missiles fired from Russian warships in the Mediterranean were also hitting the area.[118] Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that as soon as the pilot was rescued the groups responsible for the attack had been killed by Russian bombing and Syrian government rocket artillery.[119] A Turkish supply convoy, reportedly carrying small arms, machine-guns and ammunition, was bombed by what is believed to have been Russian airstrikes in the northwestern town of Azaz, in north-western Syria. Claimed as an aid convoy by the Turks, no organization has as yet confirmed that the convoy belonged to them. At least seven people died and ten people were injured as around 20 trucks went up in flames.[120] Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency accused Russia of supporting the Kurdish YPG, PYD and Syrian Democratic Forces.[121]

On 25 November – the day after the jet was shot down, a Russian law-maker, Sergei Mironov, introduced a bill to the Russian parliament that would criminalize the denial of the Armenian Genocide,[122] a political move that Turkey has strongly opposed when countries like France and Greece adopted similar laws.[123]

On 26 November, Russia deployed the guided missile cruiser Moskva armed with S-300F (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range SAM missiles positioned off Latakia, off the Syrian coast[17] and S-400 (SA-21 Growler) mobile SAM systems to Khmeimim airbase.[124] The Russian military warned it would shoot down any aerial target that posed a threat to its planes.[125]

On 26 November, the Russian Ministry of Defence broke off contact with the Turkish military. All existing channels of communication between the two sides have been shut down, the ministry said.[126]

On 27 November, Russia announced that it had also suspended its participation in joint Black Sea naval drills indefinitely. The Russian navy's envoy in charge of coordinating the actions of Russia's Black Sea Fleet with the Turkish navy has reportedly been recalled.[126] On 27 November, Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Moscow will halt the existing visa-free regime starting on 1 January, saying that Turkey has become a conduit for terrorists and has been reluctant to share information with Moscow about Russian citizens accused of involvement in terrorist activities.[127] On 28 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey. The decree, which came into force immediately, banned charter flights from Russia to Turkey, prevented tour firms selling holidays there, and outlawed some Turkish imports, and halted or curbed the economic activities of Turkish firms and nationals.[128] On 2 December, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov said in a media briefing with foreign journalists that Turkey was the biggest buyer of "stolen" oil from Syria and Iraq and accused the family of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being directly involved in the trade of petroleum with the Islamic State group.[129] On 3 December, Putin referred to the incident during his annual state of the nation speech.[130]

On 23 December, Selahattin Demirtaş, co-leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), criticized Ankara's stance regarding a Russian jet shot down by Turkey.[131]

On 27 December, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet published an interview with Alparslan Celik who spoke about the downing. TASS reported that the Turkish militant had fought in Syria for two years. The Russian foreign ministry expressed surprise and indignation that a major Turkish newspaper had given floor to the “murderer and terrorist... filled with hatred towards Russia and the Russian people.” On 30 December, the Russian foreign ministry called for Ankara to arrest Celik.[132][133]

International organizations

Countries

Financial markets

The MICEX and RTS Index, and Borsa Istanbul fell over 1%. The Turkish lira also dropped following news of the shootdown,[165] as did broader European stock markets.[166]

See also

Notes

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