On Tuesday morning, Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet for allegedly flying across a border that Russia says it never crossed.
As details begin to emerge, both sides are gathering and presenting evidence in an escalating blame game.
Turkey's officials say they spotted the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 military plane flying into Turkish airspace, across the border that it shares with Syria. They claim they warned the Russian plane 10 times in five minutes before they shot down the plane. Russia's defense ministry said they received no communication attempts from Turkey -- visual or otherwise.
#SYRIA #Rudskoy Objective monitoring data confirmed no attempts of Turkish plane to establish communication or visual contact with Rus crew— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) November 24, 2015
A map released by the Turkish military shows the flight path of the plane crossing over the Turkish border at a narrow Southern point.
Russia, on the other hand, insists that it did not violate Turkey's airspace. Its map, released by the defense ministry, claims to show the plane was 2.5 miles, or 4 kilometers, away from the Turkish border when it was shot down. The purple box on the left below points to the crash site.
Министерство обороны обнародовало схему поражения российского Су-24 в Сирии https://t.co/wSRr56UrGK pic.twitter.com/gaco653brU— LIFENEWS (@lifenews_ru) November 24, 2015
The U.S. has not indicated whether or not they accept Turkey's version of events, although President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Turkey "has a right to defend its territory and air space."
Obama added that it is important to "discourage any kind of escalation" over the downed plane. On Twitter, NATO echoed that sentiment.