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Originally Posted by crockett
When communist Russia invaded Ukraine and shot down a civilian airliner it was terrorism.
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It was not first success story Ukraine Air Defense. Investigation of this already going 3 years = haven't resulted. It like with Trump.
In 2001 year:
U.S. officials said the plane was downed by an SA-5 surface-to-air missile fired from a shore battery during the largest scale Ukrainian military exercises in some years.
The plane started its journey in Tel Aviv, Israel, bound for Novisibersk, Russia. Officials in Israel and Russia said they feared the crash could have been caused by terrorists. An Armenian pilot flying in the vicinity said he saw the plane explode in midair.
Ukraine denies its missile involved
Kostyntun Khivlemko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Kiev, denied the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian missile. He said the missiles being used had a range of only10 kilometers, and the plane was more than 300 kilometers away.
Jane's Defence said an SA-5 has a range of 300 kilometers (186 miles)
Russian President Vladimir Putin also said he doubted whether Ukrainian missiles would have had the range to hit the plane.
Nevertheless, U.S. officials said they had "convincing" indications the plane was hit by a Ukrainian SA-5 missile.
CNN.com - Sources: Ukrainian missile downed Russian jet - October 4, 2001