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Russian Missile Parts Found At MH17 Crash Site

An anonymous reader sends this report from the BBC: Fragments of a suspected Russian missile system have been found at the Flight MH17 crash site in Ukraine, investigators in the Netherlands say. They say the parts, possibly from a Buk surface-to-air system, are "of particular interest" and could help show who was behind the crash. But they say they have not proved their "causal connection" with the crash. ... Ukraine and many Western countries have accused pro-Russian rebels of shooting down the plane, saying they could have used a Buk missile system supplied by Russia. Russia and the rebels deny any responsibility and say the Ukrainian military was to blame.

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  1. Re:Say Russia did it for the purpose of argument.. by known_coward_69 · · Score: 1, Troll

    it's russian missile parts, can't prove it was a russian missile. the Ukrainian military is almost all former USSR aka Russian equipment. some russian military hardware is actually made in the ukraine and the russian supply planes are breaking down because they can't get anymore parts from the ukraine. look it up, it was on the news a few days ago

  2. US aircraft parts also found at the crash site. by Ihlosi · · Score: 1, Troll
    They also found US aircraft parts at the crash site.

    Which is both a fact and completely useless when trying to figure out who operated the aircraft.

    Now, if they found Russian aircraft parts or US missile parts at the crash site, they'd have a story.

  3. Re:Say Russia did it for the purpose of argument.. by qpqp · · Score: 1, Troll

    should Crimea and the other areas become part of Russia

    Newsflash, Crimea is part of Russia since 2014. (And they will probably build a bridge.)