Good grief!... common sense has been lost by those who imagine every decision has to be “ordered” time and again and repeated at length, time and date...before an action is tabled or carried out.
The pilot went into a known war zone with heavy artillery going on all week from both sides......it was an active war zone.
Your serious right???
He was at 33,000 ft and well above the fray except for those lowlife's with SAMs all hyped up on drugs.
If Russia can't protect the international flight routes that pass over its territory, and it is claiming Donetsk as its territory, then Putin should step down.