Ukrainian Prosecutor General Jarema stated that the resistanse did not capture any SAMs like "Buk" of S-300:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1405666465«После того, как был сбит пассажирский самолет, военные доложили президенту, что у ополченцев нет наших ракетных комплексов „Бук“ и С300. Захвата этого вооружения не было», — приводит заявление Яремы ИТАР-ТАСС.
Ukrainian MSM reported yesterday about 80 children and American citizens on board. According to the Airline, there were 3 children and no Americans. So those were another example of fabrication from Ukraine:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1405665043
PRD established headquarters to investigate the crash:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1405669094
Putin: Thorough investigation of Malaysian airliner tragedy in Ukraine required
http://rt.com/news/173744-putin-ukraine-plane-russia/
Gruesome images of Malaysia MH17 plane crash in east Ukraine appear online
http://rt.com/news/173644-photos-plane-malaysia-crash/
Tragic history of passenger planes shot down
http://rt.com/news/173680-passenger-planes-shot-down/
Ukrainian Buk battery radar was operational when Malaysian plane downed - Moscowhttp://rt.com/news/173784-ukraine-plane-malaysian-russia/“The Russian equipment detected throughout July 17 the activity of a Kupol radar, deployed as part of a Buk-M1 battery near Styla [a village some 30km south of Donetsk],” the ministry said in a statement.
Seems that the information war continues:
In his tweets, the Spanish air controller working in Ukraine revealed information regarding Ukrainian air fighter following the airliner minutes before the downing. Now his account was deleted!
A very detailed video with transcript:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-shot-down-over-ukraine-near-russian-border-20140718-3c4nl.html
6:42pm: "The airspace the aircraft was traversing was unrestricted. Fifteen out of 16 airlines in the associations of the Asia Pacific Airlines fly this route over Ukraine. In the hours before the incident, a number of passenger aircraft from different carriers used the same route," said Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said.
He also listed the following fatalities, indicating there were still 20 people whose nationalities remain to be verified:
- 173 Dutch
- 44 Malaysians
- 27 Australian (although Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has updated this to 28)
- 12 Indonesians
- 9 from the United Kingdom
- 4 Germans
- 4 Belgians
- 3 Filipinos
- 1 Canadian
- 1 from New Zealand
4:32pm: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed the number of Australians killed in the MH17 tragedy had risen to 28 after a meeting with Russian ambassador Vladimir Morozov in Sydney on Friday afternoon, reports SMH State Political Correspondent Sean Nicholls.
Ms Bishop said she told the ambassador that the Australian people and government were "devastated by the news".
"I asked him for Russia’s explanation as to how a commercial plane could come down from that altitude over eastern Ukraine," she said.
"I asked that Russia give its unqualified support for a full, thorough, credible, international, independent investigation into the downing of this flight."
Ms Bishop also sought Russia's "unqualified support" for UN security council resolutions to "facilitate such an investigation".
"What we intend to establish through the UN security council is an investigation that will get to the bottom of who is responsible for this unspeakable crime and that they be brought to account."
She also sought support for seeking a ceasefire to retrieve the bodies and debris relevant to the investigation.
Mr Morozov "provided that unqualified support … and assured me Russia would do what it could to find those responsible".
Ms Bishop said the ambassador denied Russian involvement in the incident.
Given the above, the following statement from Kiev seems a bit panicky:
http://rt.com/news/173628-malaysian-plane-crash-ukraine/10:15 GMT:
The black boxes from the Malaysian plane should remain on the territory of Ukraine, said a statement from the Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry. The transportation of the boxes abroad is illegal, it added.
