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The spokesman for Vladimir Putin has described today's events as a "very serious incident" but warned against drawing conclusions, according to The Telegraph.
"It is just impossible to say something without having full information," Dmitry Peskov said, The Telegraph reports.
As diplomatic tensions ratchet up between Moscow and Ankara, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, has cancelled a trip to Turkey that had been scheduled for tomorrow.
As UNIAN reported ealier, Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing a statement regarding the incident, according to the Russian media.