Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What happened to MH17?
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Russia is responsible for the MH17 crash

This position holds that Russia is responsible for the MH17 crash. It cites the Dutch-led investigation, which found overwhelming evidence pointing to Russia, and weighs theories that the airliner was shot down deliberately or after being mistaken for a Ukrainian military transport.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Russia shot down MH17 in order to justify an invasion of Ukraine
    Shortly after the MH17 crash, the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) declared in a press conference that they believed that Russia actually meant to shoot down Aeroflot Flight 2074, a Russian passenger craft. This would have given the Russians a reason to invade Ukraine officially.
  2. Russia shot down MH17 because they believed it was a Ukrainian military transport
    Overwhelming amounts of evidence display that Russia provided Ukrainian separatists and Russian soldiers in Ukraine with a Buk missile to shoot down MH17 because they believed it was a Ukrainian military transport plane.