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		</div><p>A Russian airman who survived the downing of his military jet has said Turkish jets did not issue any warnings before the incident.</p>
<p>Captain Konstantin Murakhtin told a Russian TV station that his plane was flying over Syrian territory and did not violate Turkish airspace.</p>
<p>Mr Murakhtin was rescued early on Wednesday by Russian and Syrian commando and was speaking in televised comments from the Russian Hemeimeem air base in Syria.</p>
<p>He added that he wants to keep flying missions from the base &#8220;to pay them back for my commander&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Murakhtin’s comments came as Russian forces were reportedly pounding insurgent-held areas in Syria’s Latakia province, unleashing a wave of air strikes on mountains near where the Russian jet was shot down.</p>
<p>Jahed Ahmad, a spokesman for a rebel brigade in the region affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, said the Russians appear to be taking “revenge” for the plane’s downing by Turkey, a key backer of the rebels in the area.</p>
<p>Speaking from inside Syria via Skype, he said the Russian jets were providing cover for advancing Syrian ground forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies.</p>
<p>Vladimir Putin had earlier ordered state-of-the-art air defence missile systems to be deployed at the Hemeimeem air base, which is located just about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of the border with Turkey.</p>
<p>The S-400 missile systems are capable of targeting Turkish jets with deadly precision.</p>
<p>The Russian president’s move raised the threat of a military confrontation between his country and Nato member Turkey.</p>
<p>If Russia shot down a Turkish plane, Nato would be required to intervene.</p>
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