(Arutz Sheva) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed his sorrow over the death of Russian soldiers in the downing of a Russian plane in Syria. Netanyahu told Putin that Syria was fully responsible for the downing of the Russian aircraft.

The Prime Minister noted the importance of continued security coordination between Israel and Russia, which succeeded in preventing many losses on both sides over the past three years, said the Prime Minister’s Office. Netanyahu also offered to send the commander of the Israeli Air Force to Moscow to deliver more details.

Earlier, Putin had said that the loss of the reconnaissance plane shot down over Syria was the result of a “chain of tragic circumstances.”