Sad. The rebels are Ukrainian who consider themselves Russian. Their enemy are Ukranian who do not.
Malaysia air decides to fly over a war zone.....and of course this airline has a poor track record of late.
All very sad for the occupants and family of those occupants of the plane
It is not a civil war. While there are local thugs and lowlifes among what is called “rebels” then they are not a great force in itself. It is Russian mercenaries, Russian regular troops and special forces who are the real force there.
Yanukovich stole $70B from Ukraine before he fled to Russia. I am quite sure this money is now paying for this war.
And, of course, all the other airlines that were flying over the same airspace. It’s not as if Malaysia Airlines decided to “go it alone.”