Russia’s defense ministry has said it will treat any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river in Syria as a potential target, after the US military shot down a Syrian air force jet on Sunday, The Guardian reports.
The ministry also said it was suspending a safety agreement with Washington designed to prevent collisions and dangerous incidents in Syrian airspace.
The deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said the US strike "has to be seen as a continuation of America’s line to disregard the norms of international law.