The guy pulling the trigger may not even truly know who he was working for
So the Russian-aligned Ukrainian rebels, using Russian-made and provided weapons (potentially including Russian "advisers" to help them use them), may not have known who they were working for? Seriously? When the allegation is that the rebel commander involved is a also a member of the GRU?
At this point, the Russia-shilling has accelerated to ludicrous speed ("They've gone to plaid")...