Offending launcher? A driver filmed this BUK launcher on the back of a military track rumbling back across the Russian border on Saturday
Is This The BUK Missile Launcher That Shot Down MH17 Being Smuggled Back To Russia: Motorist Captures Military Truck Carrying BUK M1 In Border Town -- Daily Mail
* Driver filmed military truck on main road for two kilometres in 'border area' of Russia at 8.45pm on Saturday
* Ukrainian sources have seized the footage and branded it 'film of the BUK, the one that shot the Boeing'
* Comes after a BUK launcher was pictured rumbling into pro-Russian rebel-held Torez just two hours before crash
* Ukraine’s security agency, the SBU, has released recordings of intercepted phone calls
* Claim they prove Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a group of Russian-backed Cossack militants
* Neither recording - which allegedly includes a Russian military intelligence officer - could be independently verified
* Laughing rebels filmed the plane as it crashed, gleefully bragging 'that was a blast – look at the smoke!'
Is this the BUK missile system back home in Russia after shooting down flight MH17?
A driver followed this military truck on a main road for two kilometres in a 'border area' of Russia before uploading the footage, filmed with a dashboard camera, on the internet.
The cargo had no escort and Ukrainian sources have seized on it, captioning the footage: 'A Russian blogger filmed the BUK M1 in Russia, the one that shot the Boeing.'
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1 comment:
Great Blog!!
The primary issue in my mind is why was the flight directed over the area and by whom? Its a distant second and almost trivial on who actually shot it down. Unless the party directing the flight into the area was also responsible for shooting it down? Because,they would be the only party that knew the Aircraft ID. Otherwise, it is just a tragic accident due to gross negligence of Air Traffic control and the Malaysian Airlines route planners...
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