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delft

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The website of my favourite radio station
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says that a Dutch eight man team visits the MH17 crash site to receive from the mayors of the villages human remains, personal properties as well as aircraft parts that were found by the local people and collected by the mayors. The material will be returned to the Netherlands by regular commercial flights from Charkov.
 
it could be major so I'll post (it's my lunch-break so I have to be quick):

one part of February 2015 Minsk Agreement assumed
... conducting local elections in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation and the Law of Ukraine ...
(it's from wiki, you can read the full text there) and Separatists are/were NOT going to fulfill it, called the elections on October 18 (local elections in Ukraine are to take place November 25); pictures from last week Donetsk:

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But over the weekend Mr. Putin met in Paris the other three "Minsk leaders" (a link should be like everywhere) and one of the results seems to be, according to whining I just read by both a Red blogger
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and at gazeta.ru
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"putting off the Separatists Elections", as suggested by Интерфакс:
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now I see "Cassad" was actually cautious during the ongoing Paris talks (yesterday:
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The point is many Russian would considered "Donbass Left Behind" if those elections were canceled. I'll probably post more on this (now I definitely have to go :)
 
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"putting off the Separatists Elections"...
... officially announced yesterday:
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("until the next year")

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The point is many Russian would considered "Donbass Left Behind" if those elections were canceled. ...
... as made clear by for example many debaters under the related blogs of "Cassad"
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and "El Murid"
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delft

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I just downloaded Stratfor's free slides about possible Russian invasions of Ukraine:
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Conclusion: The only winning move is not to play. Just what Russia has been doing all along. :)
 

plawolf

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Tomorrow the report of the Dutch Safety Board will be published about the destruction of MH17. The Russians have read the report and The New Strait Times has an article about the Russian reaction:
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Many of the Russian claims, if true, would be pretty damning of the investigation.

The failure to properly record, collect and retain missile parts is especially unforgivable, and would be in direct contradiction of common sense and the most basic investigation standards.
 

SampanViking

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The link to the main BBC Website story of 17th July 2014 before MH-17 was hit.

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It is all about Kiev claiming that Russian aircraft crossing the border and attacking Ukrainian aircraft directly and includes a puff piece from Daniel Sandford about what an escalation this would be if true.

In short (and stated previously on these boards) With Kiev high command telling everybody (including its front line forces) that the Russian Airforce was attacking them directly, this would have been the day that pro Kiev forces switched on their full Air Defence capability in earnest.
The rebels also had AD weapons but they had been using them for weeks already.
The new comers were the Pro Kiev side and within hours an Airliner was downed.
 

Air Force Brat

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The link to the main BBC Website story of 17th July 2014 before MH-17 was hit.

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It is all about Kiev claiming that Russian aircraft crossing the border and attacking Ukrainian aircraft directly and includes a puff piece from Daniel Sandford about what an escalation this would be if true.

In short (and stated previously on these boards) With Kiev high command telling everybody (including its front line forces) that the Russian Airforce was attacking them directly, this would have been the day that pro Kiev forces switched on their full Air Defence capability in earnest.
The rebels also had AD weapons but they had been using them for weeks already.
The new comers were the Pro Kiev side and within hours an Airliner was downed.


So? that launcher with the missing BUK missile heading back into Russian territory???
 

SampanViking

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So? that launcher with the missing BUK missile heading back into Russian territory???

Would this be the photo with the Advertising Hoarding, advertising the Car Dealership in Dnipropetrovsk? ie in completely the wrong direction?

Quote from Daniel Sandford from the BBC article

If Russia has indeed shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over Ukrainian territory, it would be a significant escalation of this conflict, showing the Russian military openly engaging Kiev's forces.

So there you have it, the Kiev side were actively escalating the conflict. Also remember that the then Kiev Defence Minister was a certifiable lunatic that making more and more outrageous claims about Russia everyday, including that they used nukes at Luhanks Airport. He was booted out shortly after that statement.
 
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