Speaking of AN-26 shot down a day or two before MH17. It was widely reported that it was flying at 6000 m or higher, above the range of most portables SAMs, so a BUK may have had something to do with it. In the videos of the BUK on the trailer being moved around, we see only one missile missing. Did the rebels have more than one BUK? Where is the wreckage of the AN-26? Who controls that area? Is there an investigation of what downed the AN-26 by the Ukraine authorities?
1. The official Ukrainian version from the very beginning (at least from July 15) was that the An-26 was shot down from Russian territory, not by the separatists. Buk was not mentioned in the official statement. Strong suspicion was on a Russian fighter jet.
2. Rebels did not and do not have a Buk launcher. The one that shot down the MH17 was brought to Ukraine and returned back to Russia within one day, July 17. The only missile spent was on the MH17.
Rebels are in possession of two or three disabled (scrapped) Buk launchers. No missiles though.
3. The An-26 wreckage is in a field near Lugansk.
4. Rebels control the area.
5. There was no any information about such an investigation. Definitely, some military investigation has to be conducted, I mean an operational aspect.
Last edited by ASIP; 2nd Aug 2014 at 12:05.