Putin sends warship and missile system to Syria as tensions rise after Turks down jet - TheSun .

The Kremlin has broken off military contact with the Turks in the fight against IS and has deployed the vessel – armed with air defence missiles.

The warship will destroy “any targets representing a potential danger” to Russian forces fighting in Syria.

They have also sent a S-400 anti-aircraft missile system to their airbase in the war-torn country in case of further attacks.

Putin yesterday raged that his country had been “stabbed in the back” after Turkish fighter jets shot a Russian warplane out of the sky.

The President warned of “serious consequences” over the downed Sukhoi Su-24, which Turkey claims ignored ten warnings to keep out of its airspace at the Syrian border.

Amid fears over possible reprisals and the impact on the troubled region Britain last night took Turkey’s side, with David Cameron refusing to condemn its Nato ally.

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