Posted on 07/21/2014 8:20:29 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Russia’s Defence Ministry dismissed accusations on Monday that pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine’s east were at fault for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jet last week, alleging instead that Ukrainian warplanes had been flying close to the plane.
The ministry also denied accusations that Russia had supplied the separatists with SA-11 Buk anti-aircraft missile systems – which are known as “Gadfly” in NATO – or “any other weapons.”
“Russian air space control systems detected a Ukrainian Air Force plane, presumably an SU-25 (fighter jet), scrambling in the direction of the Malaysian Boeing,” Lieutenant-General Igor Makushev of Russia’s Air Forces told a news briefing. “The distance of the SU-25 plane from the Boeing was from 3 to 5 kilometres (2 to 3 miles).”
The ministry’s comments came as the Netherlands announced that prosecutors had opened an investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which claimed the lives of all 298 people on board, 193 of whom were Dutch citizens
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“Man, the only people that believe these Russian conspiracies about what “really” happened are some assorted Putinistas”
Agencie France Press are “Putinistas”?
WHO KNEW!!!
Speak for your self. Seems most of the crap is coming from life long, no matter the facts, Russia bashers. TCRLAF is one of the few on FR that is making any sense.
And of course before that can happen the criminals need time to remove all the evidence from the crime scene, right???
in an active war zone
But it wouldn't be an active war zone if Putin's puppets would withdraw from the shootdown site.
the bodies which were taken to the nearby community morgue initially have also been handed over to the authorities in charge.
That's awfully nice of them -- why were they taken in the first place when the others went to the refrigeration cars. Were some scheduled to be baked while others frozen???
We will know soon enough what took down the plane, where it fired from and who ordered and fired the weapon
Where have you been -- we already know that and you do too.
Meanwhile rumors and speculations, and blame will continue and escalate before it calms down enough for people to have a general idea what happened.
You must be referring to Russia Today there and Pravda and your posts and those of the other Putinistas.
What’s the date of that photo, versus the date of the crash? You left out that small detail.
Well then why do an investigation since you have all the proof? Sheesh, seems to me I haven’t seen your face over there on the ground....nor gathering evidence...nor on the teams of those who are doing so with the airline material itself...nor examining the evidence already in hand.
Basing your opinion on news reports can be dangerous .....best to wait until the actual teams investigating are completed.
Either or the outcome will be according to who does the reporting...all parties have their hands on deck in that respect....and will frame it accordingly.
How about Dutch and Malaysian Troops.
Your buddies committed a terrorist act and if they lose control of territory in the process as meals on wheels pulls up to feed their enemies, then that is a price the Putin’s terrorists of Donetsk have to pay.
They pulled the trigger, they pay the price.
I especially like the unsourced Twitter updates, and articles from RT sourcing kook websites.
And what punishment would that be -- the West taking away the dead bodies the terrorists want to hold onto???
You must be behind on the latest news.
The latest news is that the bodies still haven’t been returned.
“What’s the date of that photo”
Early this morning, local time.
Finally after 4 days of the Dutch asking the terrorists of Donetsk to let them in.
Ok, so three days late? or four?
“The latest news is that the bodies still haven’t been returned.”
The latest is from CNN.
Rebels released the bodies to the Dutch team, and they are being sent by train to Kharkov, where they will be loaded onto a plane and returned to the Netherlands.
They are talking about it right now.
Hey, tovarisch, are you sure you want to get distracted by this whole dead bodies issue? Fighting has erupted in central Donetsk. Shouldn’t you be covering that?
Concurring bump.
Do you not want the bodies to be returned? Looks like they will be.
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