19 Sep 2018

Moscow blames Israel after Syria shoots down Russian plane

From Morning Report, 6:13 am on 19 September 2018

A Russian millitary aircraft with fifteen people on board has been accidentally shot-down by Syrian defence forces which were trying to target Israeli warplanes. The incident prompted a swift reaction from Russia which said the Israeli fighter-jets hid behind their bulkier surveillance plane. The Times of Israel's millitary correspondent Judah Ari Gross spoke overnight to Morning Report producer Jeremy Wilkinson.