Turkey released audio recordings of what it says are the Turkish military’s warnings to the pilot of the Russian plane that was shot down at the border with Syria.
The recordings, made available to The Associated Press on Thursday, indicate that the plane was warned several times that it was approaching Turkey’s airspace and asked to change course.
Turkey shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber on Tuesday, insisting that it had violated its airspace despite repeated warnings.
A surviving Russian pilot has pilot has denied that his jet veered into Turkey’s airspace and rejected Turkey’s claim that it had issued repeated warnings to the Russian crew.
The series of 10 audio clips were released by the prime minister’s office and sourced to the Turkish Armed Forces.