And why were the posts scrubbed after it was revealed the aircraft was civilian?
A joint investigation between Bellingcat, The Insider, and McClatchy DC Bureau has conclusively identified another key person of interest in the ongoing investigation of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). The person known as Andrey Ivanovich, a.k.a. call sign Orion, is in fact a high-ranking Russian GRU officer named Oleg Vladimirovich Ivannikov.