Russian Troops In Armenia Are On High Alert Over Turkish Airspace Violations
Russian Troops In Armenia Are On High Alert Over Turkish Airspace Violations –
Armenianow – The threat of direct Russian-Turkish clashes grows, and experts do not exclude that the collision will not be on the territory of Turkey or Syria, where Ankara has strong positions.
Well-known Armenian political scientist, head of the New York representation of the Russian Institute of Democracy and Cooperation Andranik Mihranyan in an interview with Tert.am, in fact, said that the Russian troops stationed in Armenia are on high alert for a Turkish aircraft to violate the Armenian border in order to be able to shoot it down.
(Turkey shot down a Russian military plane at the Syrian border in a November 2015 incident that marked the start of the current bitter standoff between Moscow and Ankara).
Judging from what the informed analyst says, Russia does not exclude that its forces stationed in Armenia may also be involved in the conflict.