The Russian fighter pilot who survived the gunning down of his plane by Turkey along the Syrian border said on Wednesday that Turkish jets did not issue any warnings as claimed. Captain Konstantin Murakhtin said on Russian television that his plane was flying over Syrian territory and didn't violate Turkish airspace, reported AFP. Muravkin was rescued on Wednesday by Russian and Syrian forces and transported to a Russian air base in Syria. His co-pliot died in the incident.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered for the deployment of state-of-the art air defense missile systems at a Russian air base in Syria following Tuesday's incident, reported AFP. The move raised the threat of a military confrontation between the two countries, said the report. Putin also backed a recommendation from the foreign ministry for Russians not to visit Turkey. On Tuesday, he had said the incident was “a stab in the back by the associates of terrorism”.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that his country has no plans of going to war with Turkey, but warned that Moscow would "seriously reevaluate" its ties with Ankara. He also said that the incident appeared to be a “planned provocation”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country did not want to escalate the incident with Russia, but vowed to always defend its borders.