It’s obvious that Putin didn’t push the button but his people did and it was an accident.. why can’t they just admit it and move on?
What is the world supposed to believe, the guy that ordered a polonium enema on his opposition or their lying eyes. Yea, everyone has one of these launchers, just ask moose and squirrel.
That has kind of been my take since Day 1. Unless there is some really bizarre, and nefarious Spy vs Spy stuff going on here, it sure sounds like the Russian backed rebels launched a missile at what they believed to be a Ukrainian plane. In other words they screwed up royally. It happens in war zones. Unfortunately we had a similar tragic mistake in the Gulf of Hormuz some years ago where we also took down a passenger plane.
The moral to the story is to take the long way home, rather than fly near jumpy people.