Why is Russia bombing ethnic Turks living on the border and wanting to be annexed to Turkey? Putin says Russia has a right to protect and support ethnic Russians living on the border in Ukraine, even to the point of providing sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to rebels who used it to shoot down a commercial aircraft with 298 people. Maybe Turkey was pissed off at Russia for bombing Turks while claiming to be bombing ISIS. Maybe after giving the Russians fair warning they took an opportunity to send Putin a message.