Turkey slams Russian missile launcher 'provocation'

Turkey’s foreign minister has called on Russia to end “provocative acts” after images were captured of a Russian soldier apparently pointing a missile launcher as his warship navigated through Turkish waters.

Turkey slams Russian missile launcher 'provocation'

Turkey’s foreign minister has called on Russia to end “provocative acts” after images were captured of a Russian soldier apparently pointing a missile launcher as his warship navigated through Turkish waters.

Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey had made the necessary response over Sunday’s incident which came amid escalating Russian-Turkish tensions following Turkey’s downing of a Russian plane.

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