So all the Ukranian planes were grounded at the time, but it was a Ukranian plane that shot down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 last week? Sure, Russia. Sure.
As explained in Huffington Post today,
“In direct contrast to every other country’s response to the disaster, Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed it saw MH17 detour from its route at the same time a Ukrainian warplane flew overhead and a US satellite flew over Ukraine.
Lieutenant-General Igor Makushev told a news briefing in Moscow that Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jets had flown within 3km and 5km (2 to 3 miles) of the Malaysian Airlines jet prior to it crashing.
As the pointing of fingers escalates, the Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko swiftly responded by flatly denying Russia’s claims, specifically the assertion that a military plane flew within 3km to 5km of MH17.
“My immediate reaction – this is not true,” he told CNN.
“Everybody knows that in this period of time when the tragedy happened all Ukrainian planes were on the ground (in the area).” Read more here.
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