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Russia on Friday probed into the black box retrieved from a warplane that Turkey shot down. Russia wants to prove that it did not transgress Turkish airspace.

"We have sufficient evidence that proves that the Russian aircraft did not violate Turkish airspace," said Lt. Gen. Sergei Dronov, the deputy head commander of the Russian air force.

Dronov also revealed that experts from 14 countries, including unidentified "U.S. citizens," have been invited by Russia to get involved in studying the plane's flight data recorder, which was removed by the Russian military, following an attack by Syrian special forces on a rebel-held region in which the jet was shot down.

Just China and Britain have by now confirmed that they have accepted the offer, according to ABC News.

Both Russia and Turkey have locked horns since Nov. 24, when Turkey shot a Russian Su-24 jet, which caused the death of a Russian pilot as well as a member of the rescue party, reported AFP.

The former economic partners are straining at the leash with each other, so much so that Russia has even slammed down some economic sanctions on the other.

On state television, the opening of the orange device in Moscow Friday was revealed, even as reporters and diplomats watched the proceedings.

Experts are trying to analyze the black box's contents through the weekend, hoping to analyse the "downed jet's flight path and position".

A few of its memory chips are shown as damaged after the attack, and its crash with the ground said Reuters.

What information it contained and lost is not too clear, though.

The findings will be released Monday, Dec. 21.