There would be little to no civil strife in the Ukraine at this point if Putin wasn't busy arming the "separatists", providing them training, heavy weapons, etc. Those that say differently were probably the same people that claimed Russia didn't have its forces in Crimea. I remember Putinista's buying into that nonsense, or at least pretending they believed it. The lie became clear to all when Russia annexed it.
This is not some home grown insurgency, it is Russian backed and financed thugs who have zero legitimacy. I am pretty sure many of the so called leaders aren't even from the Ukraine at all.
This civilian plane was almost certainly brought down by mistake as this does not help the "separatists" or Putin. Either Putin/Russian trained "separatists" or Russian operators themselves made a careless, stupid mistake believing this was a Ukrainian transport. This weapon should never have been handed to "separatists" and Putin has blood on his hands for this one. No way around it.
I am pretty sure many of the so called leaders aren’t even from the Ukraine at all.
Prime minister of Putinland Borodai and Strelkov/Girkin are from Moscow. One other leader who just “resigned” was Ukrainian. He sent his resignation letter from Russia. Probably in Siberia now. The new Putinland Deputy PM just appointed is an FSB guy wanted in Latvia for a coup attempt and murders in 1991.
As you can see, our local Putinists keep good company.