Some redundant information, but worth reading in full.
Harf's
mention of social media posts which show rebels "bragging" about
bringing down the airliner is likely a reference to a post on the
Russian version of Facebook shortly after MH17 was shot down by
Ukrainian rebel commander Igor Strelkov. However, as Max Fisher documents, "There are real reasons to doubt that the message was genuine.
First of all Strelkov's page "is a fake made by fans," according to rebels who spoke to Buzzfeed's Max Seddon,
so the words cannot even be attributed to the commander. In addition,
the post makes reference to the shoot down not of a civilian airliner
but to an Antonov AN-26 military transport plane.
Video of a Buk missile launcher
apparently crossing the border back to Russia after the plane was shot
down which was cited by Kiev and Washington has also since been debunked. The clip is actually shot in the Ukrainian town of Krasnoarmeisk, which has been controlled by Kiev since May."
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