Malaysian plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live

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227. Yes and no.

The international aeronautics board says Crimea is Ukr. Russia really says otherwise and even announced during a meeting of the board that they'd granted control over Crimean airspace to Russia.

It was part of the usual information war that's happening. It's a hoot to watch and read, but annoying if you're caught up in it.

It forced the aeronautics board to even announce, specifically, that it had not changed anything and that the Crimean airspace would continue to be managed by the Ukrainian aviation agency, whatever it's called. That was not reported in the Russian media, not that I'm aware of.

I'm not surprised there are conflicting reports. I'd have expected the Malaysian flight, though, to have skirted to the north of the Donbas even if it meant staying in Russian airspace longer. It's not like they could avoid it. (But maybe that would have taken it over militarily sensitive areas. I assume Russia has them--the US does and the USSR certainly did).