The man who shot down that airliner was a nervous, poorly trained separatist. The rebels had just lost territory and took causalities. They were hoping to shoot down another Ukrainian transport to boost morale. However its important to remember that the Russian nuclear batteries are manned by his cousins who are often drunk.
That reminds me of the fairly well documented Cold War figure that at any given time, half the Soviet military was drunk on vodka.
That said, I believe completely sober killers were behind the incident cited below because of who was on the aircraft!
In light of the recent Malaysia Airlines tragedies (one missing, one brought down by the Russians) I completed a project I began some time ago to remind us of an earlier Russian involved murder of hundreds of innocents. Will someone please remind obozo that it’s still a jungle out there!
(It’s a short 8 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTgCIrUeuh0&list=UUFDlhK80EdO28R-iGTXiGaw