Fact is, the Donbas rebels shot down MH17, by accident. They thought they had shot down another of Kiev's AN-26 transports (as they had done the previous Monday) and posted a boast to that effect on Facebook. Then they sent troops to the scene to round up any crew who might have bailed out (two had bailed out the previous Monday). But they took down their boast when the troops on the ground sent back word that nobody had bailed out and the fields were strewn with dead bodies bearing foreign passports.
