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There are claims that the BUK was geolocated via video footage before the plane went down:

https://twitter.com/djp3tros/status/489848712450277376



There are also claims that UA was really trying to shoot Russian Plane #1 which was flying close to malaysian boeing both in time and space

There are many claims.


Why on Earth would Ukraine try to shoot down Putin? To get absolutely sure they'll be annihilated by Russia??


Since the beginning of the conflict UA did everything they can to provoke Russia into crossing border.

Well, almost everything.


A curious statement. How were they doing that? By letting the rebels take over their cities and airfields? By letting Russia have Crimea?


People burned alive in Odessa.

Many people (noncombatants) killed in Lugansk from BM-21 "Grad" bombings.

Artillery shooting near UA-RU border, killing two soldiers.

Shooting over cross-border stations while refugees were trying to escape into Russia.

Many episodes.

Kiev declared that 'terrorists' (familiar word, isn't it?) are in Lugansk and Donetsk and started shooting over whole population regardless.


> People burned alive in Odessa.

That was interesting incident.

There was a peaceful protest, that was attacked by (pro-)Russian militants with guns. Then the crowd started to defend itself, the attackers retreated and barricaded themselves in a wooden building. They were still shooting into the crowd and throwing Molotov's cocktails. The crowd was was mostly unarmed save for it's own Molotov's cocktails.

Barricading inside wooden building and throwing fire around is not especially smart idea. That's how it ended, also.


There are plenty of Russian soldiers that crossed the border already.


Putin himself has crossed border already.

I think it is best for me to leave this little Intellectual Curiosity Club.


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