Ignoring irrelevant off-topic comments about corruption, has there been any further news about this incident?
My comment was as a response to both
flash8 and
tmmorris's posts. I don't think that when discussing any incident in the Russian military, consideration of the type of society that military is drawn from is irrelevant. The Russian response to the shooting down of the Malaysian Airlines Airbus over the Ukraine, with subsequent suppression of evidence do not lead to confidence in accepting their version of events such as these where independent corroboration is absent. I echo
skippedonce's sentiments "Assuming the account is accurate..."