I have had the opinion that Ukraine was to blame. It was shot down over Donbass, Just East of Donetsk city, which was under constant shelling by Ukraine. The plane crashed 17 July 2014. Maidan happened in February, and in early March 2014, Donetsk and Lugansk declared they would have nothing to do with the coup and elected their own representatives. In April, Kiev sent in armed groups to quell the movement. What that meant was shelling and shooting.
Even if it was some DS operatives getting rid of the AIDS researchers, not trigger happy Ukrainians, or as the Media and the Hague court like to spin, Russians, there was the cover of war, which was undeclared, but definitely raging.
I have had the opinion that Ukraine was to blame. It was shot down over Donbass, Just East of Donetsk city, which was under constant shelling by Ukraine. The plane crashed 17 July 2014. Maidan happened in February, and in early March 2014, Donetsk and Lugansk declared they would have nothing to do with the coup and elected their own representatives. In April, Kiev sent in armed groups to quell the movement. What that meant was shelling and shooting.
Even if it was some DS operatives getting rid of the AIDS researchers, not trigger happy Ukrainians, or as the Media and the Hague court like to spin, Russians, there was the cover of war, which was undeclared, but definitely raging.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hrabove,+Donetsk+Oblast,+Ukraine,+86234/@48.1027582,38.0485263,9.67z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x40e0458c1051d75b:0xc2e3d3e6ad08fa44!8m2!3d48.1480303!4d38.6478533!16s%2Fm%2F0118q2j0
Yep, checks out. Azov made official in May, and plane shot down in July.