The Russian authorities did not want to see high-ranking Israeli officials who were ready to fly to settle the incident with downed Russian planes in the sky over Syria. As a result, only a group of military men left for Moscow. After the Russian military accused the Israeli pilots that they provoked the Syrian air defense to strike, which fell on the airplane of the VSC of the Russian Federation, the Israelis expressed their openness to dialogue on this issue, Haaretz reports with reference to sources. Initially, the delegation was to be headed by the head of the National Security Council of Israel Meir Ben-Shabat. It was supposed to include representatives of the IDF and its General Staff. In addition, the possibility was considered of sending Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu or Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Moscow. However, in the Russian capital all such initiatives were rejected. "Russia preferred that contacts remain at a professional level between (Air Force Commander Major-General Amikam) Norkin and the Russian commander of the air force," reads the publication. Today, September 26, in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, Binyamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump. It is expected that the topic of tension in relations with Russia and the situation in Syria will take a significant part of the meeting, Israeli journalists reported. Israeli military delegation visits Moscow on September 20.

They submitted a lengthy report on the incident. It could be concluded from this that the Israeli aircraft did not commit dangerous maneuvers near the IL-20 and did not provoke the Syrian military to reply. Moscow took note of the arguments of the Israeli side and did not further inflate the scandal. The Russian reconnaissance aircraft Il-20, carrying 15 servicemen on board, was shot down by Syria S-200 air defense system in the evening of September 17 over the Mediterranean Sea. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, under the impact of IL-20, Israeli aircraft were fired, which fired missiles from the Syrian Latakia.

In Moscow, Israel was accused of reporting a forthcoming attack on Syria just a minute before it began.