Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What happened to MH17?
Position‹2 of 3›

Ukraine is responsible for the MH17 crash

Many Russian media sources have been claiming that Ukraine was responsible for shooting down flight MH17 even before the release of the findings from the Dutch investigation.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian Buk missile
    Although the Dutch investigation revealed that MH17 was shot down by a Russian Buk missile, many believe that a Ukrainian Buk missile is actually responsible for the crash.
  2. Ukraine used fighter planes to shoot down MH17
    The theory that Ukraine shot down MH17 using Su-25 fighter planes emerged after multiple witnesses stated seeing multiple Ukrainian planes in the air with the MH17 passenger plane that day.