US intelligence: Militias shoot down Boeing over Ukraine by mistake
11:45, 23 July 2014
WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM American intelligence services believe that Malaysia Airlines' passenger plane was shot down July 17 by militias as a result of a mistake, since they apparently took it to be a military jet. Representatives of the US intelligence reported this to journalists at a special briefing arranged by the US Administration on Tuesday.
They recognized that Washington doesn't have any information on Russia's direct implication in the occurred tragedy. At the same time, the briefing's speakers stated that Russia created conditions that resulted in the air crash in eastern Ukraine. In addition, they blamed Moscow for continuing supplying Ukrainian rebels with weapons, including air defense systems and tanks, ITAR-TASS reports.
"The main theory is that it were the separatists [who did this]," one of the speakers said. "We don't know the names, we don't know the rank, and we are not 100% sure of the nationality" of those who shot at the Boeing, a US intelligence representative said.