A Ukrainian daily has published what it said was recordings of phone conversations, firstly between Russian intelligence officers and secondly between separatist commanders, about a downed passenger jet believed to be the crashed flight MH17. The recordings have not been independently verified, The Daily Mail reported on its online portal. This video has also been shown on CNN. In the first, Igor Bezler, who the Ukrainians claim is a Russian intelligence officer and leading commander of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic, tells a commander: “We have just shot down a plane about ‘30 minutes ago’.” In the second, more detailed recording, a rebel nicknamed “Major” says the Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down by “Cossacks from the Chernukhino roadblock” adding: “It is definitely a civilian plane... there was a lot of people on board.” “Major” tells a comrade with the codename “Greek” it was “100% a passenger (civilian) aircraft”. Greek asked: “What kind of aircraft?” to which Major responded: “I haven’t ascertained this. I haven’t been to the main site. I am only surveying the scene where the first bodies fell. There are the remains of internal brackets, seats and bodies.” Greek, still hoping at that point a military craft had been downed, said: “Is there anything left of the weapon?” Major: “Absolutely nothing. Civilian items, medicinal stuff, towels, toilet paper.” Greek: “Are there documents?” Major: “Yes, of one Indonesian student. From a university in Thompson.” But US Senator John McCain said there “would be hell to pay” if the plane was shot down by the Russian military or separatists. To leap to conclusions could be very embarrassing... But if it is the result of either separatist or Russian actions mistakenly believing this was a Ukrainian war plane, I think theres going to be hell to pay and there should be, he was quoted as saying by the British tabloid. One of the voices is believed to be militia commander Igor Strelkov, who then penned a triumphant war cry on Twitter, saying: “We warned you – do not fly in ‘our sky’.” It is believed that he thought he had brought down an Antonov-26 military plane of the Ukrainian Air Force. Later, when the horror became clear, the tweet was deleted. --- themalaysianinsider/malaysia/article/ukrainian-daily-publishes-transcript-of-rebels-discussing-crashed-jetliner
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:20:36 +0000
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