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MH17
On 18 July Russian Defence Ministry declared that during the time of the crash "anti-aircraft units of Russian Federation did not operate in that area" but claimed that Ukrainian "Buk-M1" units were located north-west from Donetsk and that Russian units detected their radar activity. RT suggested that air control should not have allowed MH17 through the conflict zone and additionally the route from 17 July was diverted by 200 km north compared to usual routes. RIA suggested that similarities exist to Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 that was erroneously shot down by Ukrainian missile during anti-aircraft training. DPR representatives changed their position, initially announcing that they shot down a military An-26 transport aircraft, then claiming they had no missiles to reach 10 km level when it became evident it was MH17 , and then claimed that they had witnessed an Ukrainian fighter Su-25 shot down the Boeing. Gazeta.ru pointed out inconsistencies in stories by other Russian media and wrote that both sides of the conflict, Ukraine and DNR, were in posession of "Buk" missiles and that the Su-25 theories are unreliable since the fighter's service ceiling is 5 km.

On 18 July Russian Defence Ministry declared that during the time of the crash "anti-aircraft units of Russian Federation did not operate in that area". Russia claimed that Ukrainian "Buk-M1" units were located north-west from Donetsk and that Russian units detected their radar activity. DPR representatives changed their position, initially announcing that they shot down a military An-26 transport aircraft, then claiming they had no missiles to reach 10 km level when it became evident it was MH17, </ref and then claimed that they had witnessed an Ukrainian fighter Su-25 shot down the Boeing. Gazeta.ru pointed out that both sides of the conflict, Ukraine and DPR, have "Buk" missiles capable of reaching 10 km altitude, but that the service ceiling at 5 km of Su-25 fighters make it impossible for that plane to shoot down a high altitude airliner.

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