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By Zachary Keck
While Ukraine, Russia and separatists in eastern Ukraine are all suspects, the evidence strongly points to the latter.
As my colleague Ankit reported earlier today, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 came down near the near the town of Shakhtyorsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk province. It was flying at its cruising altitude of 10,000 meters during a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The plane crashed roughly 32 km from the Russian border.
It seems nearly certain that the plane was shot down rather than crashed due to mechanical failures or negligence on the part of its pilots. It also seems nearly certain that the plane was shot down by accident as none of the possible perpetrators had any motive to intentionally down a civilian aircraft.
Still, the question of who shot down the jet is of paramount importance and it’s therefore worth considering the suspects. There are three possible perpetrators:
Read the full story at The Diplomat