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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)47. My read is that he's saying Ukraine provoked the missle attack
by attack with their aircraft just before the Malaysian jet flew over.
"The question is this: Ukraine received timely evidence that the volunteers have this technology, through the fault of Russia.It not only did nothing to protect security, but provoked the use of this type of weapon against a plane that was flying with peaceful civilians," he said.
"They knew that this BUK existed; that the BUK was heading for Snezhnoye," he said, referring to a village 10 km (six miles) west of the crash site. "They knew that it would be deployed there, and provoked the use of this BUK by starting an air strike on a target they didnt need, that their planes hadnt touched for a week."
"And that day, they were intensively flying, and exactly at the moment of the shooting, at the moment the civilian plane flew overhead, they launched air strikes. Even if there was a BUK, and even if the BUK was used, Ukraine did everything to ensure that a civilian aircraft was shot down."
"They knew that this BUK existed; that the BUK was heading for Snezhnoye," he said, referring to a village 10 km (six miles) west of the crash site. "They knew that it would be deployed there, and provoked the use of this BUK by starting an air strike on a target they didnt need, that their planes hadnt touched for a week."
"And that day, they were intensively flying, and exactly at the moment of the shooting, at the moment the civilian plane flew overhead, they launched air strikes. Even if there was a BUK, and even if the BUK was used, Ukraine did everything to ensure that a civilian aircraft was shot down."
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Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile [View all]
Bosonic
Jul 2014
OP
There's nothing left to "figure". We know exactly what happened, and Russia's the root cause.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#33
dipsy, time to admit that innocent fighters against facism killed a planeload of civilians...
Adrahil
Jul 2014
#31
No, it's that the rest of the planet doesn't get brainwashed by Russia's propaganda
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#80
Nope. still shooting at government troops. He's just telling the truth, unlike
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#35
"I am required to promote the side I represent, even if I might think otherwise
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#11
Robert Parry, a known Kremlin sycophant, is the only source on the planet for the uniform claim.
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#78
"in the 1980's" --yes, part of being a "has-been" is having once displayed merit and achievement.
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#81
"it was possible the SA-11 was launched by a defector from the Ukrainian military who was trained
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Jul 2014
#85
No intelligent, sane human being believes this was a US-sponsored black op. nt
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Jul 2014
#88
Because people who promote that crazy talk cite white supremacists like Paul Craig Roberts to
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#90