The Turkish General staff informed the Russian side about the stay of its troops in the area, which underwent an airstrike of Air and space forces (VKS) Russia, the statement said the Turkish military Department, RIA Novosti reported.
“We consider it necessary to clarify the situation in connection with the statement by Dmitry Peskov, in order to avoid erroneous interpretation. Our military, which is the ninth of February they were attacked from the plane are one and the same point in the last ten days. The eighth of February on the dislocation from the position located under the control of Russian Federation territory, was released on the rocket. On the same day in 23.11 coordinate of the location of our forces was again brought to the attention of responsible persons in the operations center in Hamima. At the same time Russian military attache in Ankara was invited to our General staff, where he was again transferred to the location of our military,” reads the statement of the Turkish Ministry.
Previously, the press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian pilots carried out air strikes according to the coordinates from the Turkish side, which fell on the Turkish military.
According to him, the parties agreed that the blow was unintentional due to erratic positions of the Turkish side.
“As to why (the incident), his reasons are understandable. Here there is no dispute as such. The situation is obvious: unfortunately, our military during the attack the terrorists were guided by the coordinates that were given to us by the Turkish partners, within these coordinates, the Turkish military should not be there. This inconsistency in the provision of coordinates, I would formulate so. That is why these unintentional attacks have taken place”, – said Peskov.
As reported, February 9, during operation in air strikes on targets “Islamic state”, the incident occurred, in which Russian bomb fell at the location of the Turkish military. As a result, 11 Turkish soldiers were wounded and three people killed.
