Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed condolences due to the death of Russian pilot Roman Filipov, the Kremlin press service reported.

"The two presidents continued their discussion on the situation in Syria. Turkey’s leader expressed his condolences to the Russian President on the death of Russian military pilot Roman Filipov, who was piloting a Sukhoi Su-25 on February 3 and was attacked by militants in the Idlib de-escalation zone.", the press service said.

It was agreed to improve coordination of the Russian and Turkish troops and special services against terrorist groups that are violating the ceasefire.