Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the Russian Su-24 warplane, which was attacked one km away from the Syrian border with Turkey and crashed four km away, had not violated Turkey's airspace.

"When attacked in the air, the plane was flying at an altitude of 6,000 metres, one kilometre away from the Turkish territory," Putin said as he met with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Russia's Sochi, Xinhua reported.