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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2014, 12:58 PM Jul 2014

From a Sam Stein Tweet (take with appropriate grains of salt):

MT @strobetalbott: Donetsk separatist boss Strelkov, Kremlin's proxy in war, says he ordered shootdown

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This tweet went out as the aircraft was falling from the sky.

If true, everything is about to change with the Ukrainian situation.

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"Donetsk separatist boss Strelkov, Kremlin's proxy in war, says he ordered shootdown" [View all] MohRokTah Jul 2014 OP

du rec. xchrom Jul 2014 #1

Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism geek tragedy Jul 2014 #2

This is just so sad. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #3

Yes, there can be doubt reorg Jul 2014 #7

Thanks for that. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #12

Just heard this a little bit ago on NBC... countryjake Jul 2014 #5

Here's another interesting report from TASS this morning... countryjake Jul 2014 #6

part of the translation I saw GusBob Jul 2014 #8

Is there a link to the translation of that tweet? countryjake Jul 2014 #9

idk thats the same translation I saw at daily beast GusBob Jul 2014 #10

I've now found the Google cache of the original tweet... countryjake Jul 2014 #13

Occam's Razor... BlueCheese Jul 2014 #11

If true, war is coming. roamer65 Jul 2014 #14