On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted to the Turkish downing of a Russian Su-24 fighter jet operating in Syria by calling it a “stab in the back.” Since then, Russian social media users have joined the president in expressing their anger over the attack, quickly spreading the Russian-language hashtag #StabInTheBack.
Speaking with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Sochi on Tuesday, the Russian president expressed his outrage over the downing of a Russian fighter jet operating in Syrian airspace by Turkish fighters, describing it as nothing short of a betrayal.
“This event goes beyond the fight against terrorism…Today’s loss is related to a stab in the back, carried out against us by accomplices of terrorists. I cannot describe what happened today in any other way,” Putin emphasized.
Since then, Russian social media have joined with their president in expressing anger over the attack, popularizing the Russian-language hashtag #StabInTheBack.
