Posted on 07/17/2014 1:31:18 PM PDT by WildSnail
One phone call apparently was made at 4:40 p.m. Kyiv time, or 20 minutes after the plane crash, by Igor Bezler, who the SBU says is a Russian military intelligence officer and leading commander of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic. He reports to a person identified by Ukraines SBU as a colonel in the main intelligence department of the general headquarters of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Vasili Geranin regarding the shot down plane, which is about to be examined by the militants.
The second intercepted conversation released by the Security Service of Ukraine was apparently between militants nicknamed Major and Greek immediately upon inspection of the crash site.
Its 100 percent a passenger (civilian) aircraft, Major is recorded as saying, as he admitted to seeing no weapons on site. Absolutely nothing. Civilian items, medicinal stuff, towels, toilet paper.
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivpost.com ...
Good question.
They were aiming for Ukrainians, killed Dutch people instead.
Jeez what a mess
But Putin is not responsible, it’s not like those were Russian fighters shooting Russian weapons. /s
The Day We Shot Down the U-2
by Sergei Khrushchev
Vasili Geranin: Pilots. Where are the pilots?
The pilots of the AN-26 they shot down on Monday managed to bail out and were captured, I believe.
Yep — they actually played them on NBC news tonight —
I am actually surprised by that
Thanks for the link.
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