Boastful Pro-Russian Rebels Parade Around Ukrainian Spy Drone 'Shot Down' In A Field 15 Miles From MH17 Crash Site -- Daily Mail
* Footage of aircraft in east Ukraine released by Donetsk Peoples' Republic
* Rebels posted photo making peace sign and declaring themselves heroes
* Site near city of Shakhtars'k 15 miles from where jet fatally crashed
* AFP quoted Ukrainian military alleging a spy drone was shot down with similar 'missile' to system it claims was used against MH17
* But internet users scorned claim - as the craft appeared remarkably intact
* And footage by rebels in rebel-held territory is not independently verified
Pro-Russian rebels claim to have shot down a Ukrainian spy drone just a few miles from the site of the MH17 disaster.
The footage released on Youtube by the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples' Republic - which has not been independently verified - shows a military craft lying in a field near the rebel-dominated city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Fighters posted an image posing next to the device and making the peace sign on the Russian equivalent of Facebook, declaring themselves 'heroes'.
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My Comment: The video quality is not good .... but I do not see any shrapnel or bullet holes. Something tells me that it crashed because of mechanical failure.
I don't think it ever crashed, at least not there. No dirt tore up, no vegetation tore up, not a dent on it and the cables used to lift it apparently still attached. As my Irish grandmother would say "It landed light as a feather it did!
ReplyDeleteJames .... you are right. You definitely know a photo op when you see it.
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