The German program brings forth little that is new. Like
other reports, it relies heavily on videos of the BUK entering from Russian,
traveling to Snizhnoe, and then skeedadling back to Russia . It interviews locals who
confirm the firing of the missile. It carries extensive interviews with the Bellingcat
group, whose findings have been widely distributed.
The only real news is that the ambassadors to Ukraine has
been told about the downing of Ukrainian military aircraft at high elevations.
The ARD program asks why the various countries operating flights over east Ukraine , including Germany , did not close these skies.
The program speculates that Ukraine
did not want to close its air space because of the loss of ATC revenues.
Strangely, ARD did not release the results of forensic
investigations of the wreckage. It claims that the participating countries are
bound by secrecy, but the evidence has been widely cited as confirming that
MH17 was shot
down by a missile, not by a trailing jet as Russia claims.
The most intriguing rumor was that German intelligence has
reported that the missile system did not come from Russia . ARD speculates that Europe
does not want Russia
to be held responsible for diplomatic reasons.
'ARD speculates that Europe does not want Russia to be held responsible for diplomatic reasons.'
ReplyDeleteShouldn't the word 'Germany' be in this sentence, rather than 'Europe'?