In complete denial Turkish statements about “blocking” Turkish F-16s with S-300s located in Crete the Greek side continued.

Since they said from military sources, there was no “capture of the S-300”.

Same sources they emphasized that “the interception is being carried out by our fighters in accordance with international regulations in accordance with standard practice.”

It is recalled that, according to Ankara, “the S-300 target tracking and missile guidance radar blocked with its radar a Turkish F-16, which was on a reconnaissance mission 10,000 feet west of Rhodes”, saying, in fact, “hostile action”.

The Turkish claims are said to follow similar leaks in recent times. with Ankara stepping up rhetoric about “persecution of Greece”, even with NATO involvement.