They thought it was a military plane. IE - Accidental shooting. Unless you can provide some actual evidence other then articles from Time.
So Putin is free to shoot down Ukrainian aircraft? How about Latvian? Putin can manufacture a pretext anyplace there are Russians. Where does his killing end?
There is nothing accidental about Russia placing WMD SAM batteries in Ukraine and firing them. That they mistargeted and shot down the wrong plane is TOTALLY irrelevant.
Just admit you don’t have a problem with Putin killing Ukrainians to achieve political goals. Or Russian citizens. 20,000 civilians in Chechnya alone. Given that you probably haven’t noticed that no one died in Russian free Slovyansk this week. Meanwhile in Russian occupied Lugansk 40 people died yesterday. See the difference? No Russians, No deaths. Comprende?
Both sides have been killing. The US is now in a position of weakness thanks to progressive anti-military policies. There is not much we can do at present. And Europe cannot even contain its own Muslim population. If Putin really wants dead Europeans he will smuggle crates of AK-47's into European Mosques. So I would not recommend pushing his buttons until the west solves its problems.