Ubale wa Turkey ndi Russia, womwe wakhala ukukulirakulira zaka 10 zapitazi, walowa m'nthawi yovuta chifukwa cha Arab Spring, makamaka chifukwa cha zovuta zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira ku Syria.
Pazochitika zonsezi, ndege yaku Syria yomwe idachoka ku Moscow idakakamizika kutera pabwalo la ndege ku Ankara Lachitatu, ndikuwonjezera kusamvana mderali. Panthawi yavuto loyamba la ndege yomwe ndege ya ku Turkey inagwetsedwa kumapeto kwa June m'madzi apadziko lonse ndi magulu ankhondo a Syria ndi mgwirizano wogwirizana ndi maziko a asilikali a ku Russia, Moscow anakhala chete; koma vuto lachiwiri la jet Lachitatu lidapangitsa Moscow kuchitapo kanthu mwankhanza. Mneneri wa Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Russia, Alexander Lukashevich, adati m'mawuwo kuti dziko la Turkey likuyika pachiwopsezo chitetezo cha nzika 17 zaku Russia zomwe zidakwera, kuti kulumikizana pakati pa ofesi ya kazembe wa Russia ku Ankara ndi okwera ku Russia kudasokonekera kwa maola asanu ndi atatu ndipo okwerawo sanapatsidwe chakudya. Dziko la Russia lapempha kuti dziko la Turkey lifotokoze tsatanetsatane wake ndipo linanena kuti liyenera kuletsa zochitika zoterezi mtsogolomu
Malinga ndi Moscow, palibe zochitika zomwe zimafuna kunyamula zida zankhondo mundege wamba. Moscow sangagwiritse ntchito ndege zonyamula anthu wamba kutumiza zida ndi zida ku Syria; ngati kuli kofunikira, njira yoloŵa m’madzi mwalamulo yatsegulidwa kale, akutero mkulu wa kampani yotumiza zida zankhondo ku Russia.
Kulankhula ndi Zaman Masiku Ano, Gumer Isayev, mkulu wa St. Petersburg Middle East Research Center, adanena kuti panalibe zida zomwe zili m'bwalo, monga momwe akuluakulu a boma la Russia adanenera, ndikuwonjezera kuti kudziwa ngati zida zoyankhulirana zomwe zili m'bwaloli zinali zankhondo kapena ayi ndizotsutsana. Isayev adanena kuti kuwunika zida zamtunduwu ngati zida zolumikizirana zankhondo ndikolakwika. "Kukakamiza ndege ya Syria kuti ifike ku Ankara zikuwonetsa kuti Turkey ndi Syria zili pankhondo. Dziko la Turkey litha kuthawa osavulazidwa pokhapokha ngati Ankara atsimikizira kuti katundu yemwe adakwera si wamba komanso kuti ndege yonyamula anthu yaku Syria idanyamula zida zolumikizirana zankhondo kuchokera ku Russia. Apo ayi, akuluakulu a boma la Russia adzadzudzula mwamphamvu ntchito ya Turkey yomwe ikuchitika pa ndege ya Syria kumapeto kwa Lachitatu, "adatero Isayev, akutsindika kuti kugwidwa kwa ndege ya Syria ndi ndege za Turkey kuli ndi chidwi cha magulu ena omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kukula kwa Russia. Mgwirizano waku Turkey.
Andrey Yashlavski, mkonzi wa nkhani zakunja ku Moskovskiy Komsomolets tsiku lililonse, adati vuto laposachedwa la ndege likhoza kusokoneza kwambiri ubale wapakati pa Russia ndi Turkey, popeza panalinso anthu aku Russia omwe adakwera ndege ya Syria, ndipo idachoka ku Moscow. Akatswiri angapo adawona zovuta zaposachedwa za jet ngati zotsutsana ndi Russia, ndipo Yashlavski adatsimikiza kuti dziko la Turkey lili ndi ufulu wopereka chitetezo chake.
Leonid Ivashov, wamkulu wa Russian Academy of Geopolitical Issues, komabe, adadzudzula kwambiri Ankara, ponena kuti dziko la Turkey likuchita mwaukali kwambiri ku Syria m'derali komanso kuti Russia ili ndi ufulu wobwezera ndege za Turkey. Malinga ndi Ivashov, ulendo wochedwa Putin ku Ankara ndi chifukwa cha ndondomeko zaukali za Turkey ku Syria.
