#MAL Ukraine accused the separatists of carrying out what it called a terrorist attack. U.S. intelligence and military officials said the plane had been destroyed by a Russian SA-series missile, based on surveillance satellite data that showed the final trajectory and impact of the missile but not its point of origin. (Rebel Site Suggests Insurgents Shot Down Malaysia Plane by Mistake) There were strong indications that those responsible may have errantly downed what they had thought was a military aircraft only to discover, to their shock, that they had struck a civilian airliner. Everyone aboard was killed, their corpses littered among wreckage that was still smoldering late into the summer night. ( Ukraine Releases Chilling Conversation Between Rebels After Crash ) Russias president, Vladimir V. Putin, blamed Ukraines government for, he said, creating the conditions for the insurgency in eastern Ukraine, where separatists have bragged about shooting down at least three Ukrainian military aircraft. But Putin did not specifically deny that a Russian-made weapon had felled the Malaysian jetliner. (Malaysian Investigation Team on Way to Ukraine: PM Najib Razak)
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:09:51 +0000
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