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Warplanes, those su-24s did in fact violate turkish air space for 20 or 30 seconds. did turkey do the right thing sending f-16s up there and shooting down that plane? >> well, any nation including turkey has a right to defend its air space. >> they have a right to do it, but did they do the right decision? >> well, i think you have to put it in context. according to turkey they gave at least ten warnings on this occasion. and that there were previous occasions where their air space was violated. and then of course a part of turkey's calculations is who were the russians there bombing? we talk ...

Mosul. also they have got now five new russian warplanes. but this is not a traditional enemy. what would be most effective to take down isis? >> well, clearly, you're doing what you can, victor, with the su-24s and the high 35s and so forth from the russians. you have to catch them in the open. clearly, with the assault that the iraqi security forces are making in tikrit suggest that they are willing to take it to a new dimension, something they haven't done very effectively thus far, that is to go after them within the build-up areas. so, we'll have to wait and see whether or not they can be...

Fair distance away, but the other one made 12 passes on saturday near the "donald cook" in the eastern black sea. that su-24 flew at various times just 500 feet off the surface of the ocean and 1,000 yards off the side of the ship. so think of it this way, very low, very fast to the side of the ship. this was an encounter that the u.s. snaef is now calling provocative, unprofessional, aggressive. those are the words we're hearing around the pentagon hallways right now. the u.s. believes that the russians were clearly trying to harass them, send a message, but this is not the kind of thing they...

Pro-russian militants are gaining ground. this was the scene today in one eastern city. demonstrators there attacked and overran that police station. in many cases police have stepped aside to let demonstrators in. this violence comes after a deadline said by the ukrainian government passed with no action. the acting president had warned of an anti-terror operation if militants didn't surrender. now there's this news coming from the pentagon concerning a russian fighter plane and the "u sr " " "uss donald cook." barbara starr joins us with details. >> reporter: this happened on saturday one of...