SU-25 Frogfoot can carry the AA-8 Aphid/R-60 IR and turkey shot an airliner flying at FL330 from FL230ft.
If vertical distance between SU-25 and MH17 is a=10,000ft and horizontal distance is b=15,000ft, what is the distance c A-A missile has to fly to hit MH17?
Pythagorean theorem = shooting distance is is 18,000ft, well within the range of AA-8 Aphid.
After rereading the article they never say that that fighter fired a missile. But Porkyshenko said they didn’t have any aircraft in the area.