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[Samyy]

Knee jerk reaction to escalating world events that could impact the world economy basically.

Exactly, people afraid this could drag into bigger conflict ie. US/NATO involvement.

 

[teiresias]

. . . Russia supports this evilness.

I agree.

 

[Deified Data]

Lots of news sources wanting to pin this on Russian separatists without outright saying they did it. Is this more than a narrative? What proof do we have but supposition?

 

[GulAtiCa]

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/489806899916050432/photo/1

NSFW (Very disturbing)

 

[Knoxcore]

I'm not a fan of playing devil's advocate anyway, but now's really not the time.

I'm sorry but with everyone here saying it was shot down, I think one voice who is entertaining a different possibility is reasonable. I have not made any conclusions about this. If it turns out it was shot down, then the perpetrators should be dealt with appropriately. Until then, I think we need more information.

 

[Maxim726X]

That's horrific.

I don't know why I clicked...

They're all gone, I don't need to see their remains. Yet I still look.

 

[spekkeh]

Not 100% confirmed yet.



20 apparently.

Many many more most likely, that was just a single travel agency.

 

[Jibbed]

The is LITERALLY nothing left of the plane.

It's a pile of fucking ash and limbs.

Holy fuck.

 

[MikeDown]

oh dauym this isn't good

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I clicked on a live stream from a Russian new station and got graphic photographs within 3 seconds ...

O my god the LifeNews.ru livestream is insane, full-screen uncensored photos of bodies everywhere.

No shame, disgusting.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

This is complete insanity. A passenger plane shot down. I don't know what to do with all of the rage I feel.

 

[jakonovski]

What proof do we have but supposition?

There is of course no proof, but this far the separatist side has been the only one shooting down planes.

 

[RandyBobandy]

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/489806899916050432/photo/1

NSFW (Very disturbing)

Legs are not supposed to bend that way

 

[Dany]

Fucking awful.

Who is taking responsibility?

 

[Slowdive]

Shot down? Wow.

 

[Sayter]

Oh shit if Russian separatists shot it down.

 

[SuperSah]

Seeing an image on Twitter of rubble, chairs and a dead person with a severed leg.

Disturbing beyond belief.

 

[Blablurn]

The worst thing after the tragedy itself would be if both sides keep saying "We didnt do it"....

 

[CreeperBlocks]

 

[JohnTinker]

Novorossiya Defense Forces claimed responsibility

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Man, this is some Modern Warfare shit going down.

Never in my life would I think I would be talking about this.

 

[Spineker]

https://twitter.com/MaximEristavi/status/489807370814754817/photo/1

Russian media have no fear (NSFW again)

 

[Knoxcore]

Your logic is based on one video, one camera angle, and not necessarily where the plane was hit, but where the plane crashed.

Hence my last four sentences.

 

[teiresias]

The worst thing after the tragedy itself would be if both sides keep saying "We didnt do it"....

Strelkov pretty much doomed that argument with his posts earlier before he realized they'd actually shot down a passenger jet. Morons.

 

[BruiserBear]

The first thought that crossed my mind when I read the headline was "hope the military tensions over there didn't result in this getting shot down".

 

[elty]

United States has shot down an airliner before. They did not admit it.

Chances that someone will admit their mistake this time = 0.

 

[Nokterian]

They shot a commercial airline out of the air? This is how it starts? Horrific and my deep condolences to all affected for this terrible act.

 

[littlegrasshopper]

I clicked on a live stream from a Russian new station and got graphic photographs within 3 seconds ...

The pictures being posted on the stream comments are really uncalled for...

 

[strafer]

damn

 

[Liferebooted]

I can't believe they were flying passenger planes over that area.

 

[Levyne]

This is terrible, I'm tearing up even though it seems so distant.

 

[Nibel]

What a piece of trash.

 

[Samyy]

Something is going to be done about these "rebels" now right?

 

[Flunkie]

https://twitter.com/MatevzNovak/status/489805405565243392/photo/1

 

[djplaeskool]

Dozens of bodies were scattered around the smouldering wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a Reuters reporter said.

An emergency services rescue worker said at least 100 bodies had so far been found at the scene, near the village of Grabovo, and that debris from the wreckage was scattered across an area up to about 15km (nine miles) in diameter.

Broken pieces of the wings were marked with blue and red paint – the same colours as the emblem of the Malaysian airline which lost track of a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was carrying almost 300 people.

.

 

[Carcetti]

There is of course no proof, but this far the separatist side has been the only one shooting down planes.

The separatists posted this today.

Сообщение от ополчения.

"В районе Тореза только что сбили самолет Ан-26, валяется где-то за шахтой "Прогресс".
Предупреждали же - не летать в "нашем небе".
А вот и видео-подтверждение очередного "птичкопада".
Птичка упала за террикон, жилой сектор не зацепила. Мирные люди не пострадали.

А также еще есть информация о втором сбитом самолете, вроде бы Су."

(warning, terrible google translate)

"In the area Torrez just downed plane An-26, lying somewhere in the mine" Progress. "
Also warned - do not fly in "our sky."
And here is the confirmation of the next video "ptichkopada."
Bird fell for waste heap, the residential sector is not caught. Civilians are not injured. "


AN-26 would be a military transport which might look like a passenger plane.

 

[scarlet]

This is terrible, I'm tearing up even though it seems so distant.

Same here :'(

 

[Malvingt2]

smh.... How can they make such horrible mistake? Jesus Christ

 

[kingocfs]

Incredibly fucked up.

 

[How About No]

RIP to everyone on board

They need to lynch the fuckheads responsible for this, no matter which side they're on

 

[Hurley]

I clicked on a live stream from a Russian new station and got graphic photographs within 3 seconds ...

Jesus christ, those bodies

 

[Boogalogist]

Fucking hell. Shot down! WTF tragedy...

 

[NYCmetsfan]

There's still a possibility that there was something that happened on the plane.

Bomb on the plane, catastrophic failure, etc.

There's no conformation it was shot down.

 

[sangreal]

Yeah someone posted a translation here, though I can't attest to the veracity:

Wow, they thought it was an AN-26 and shot it down.

This is what they had to say about it (the vid was originally uploaded as AN-26 shot down but changed to the Boeing with the addendum in the post)

As was declared in numerous times due to constant crimes committed by fascist Ukrainian aviation all territory of Donetsk and Luganks Peoples Repulbics are declared by local government as no-fly zone. Looks like this Boeing was see as military Ukrainan An-26 and thus was downed.

P.S. this video was updated as at the beginning was expected that this is a video of fascist Ukrainain An-26. Condolences to relatives of all passengers. But everyone should know, that violent crimes against humanity committed by Ukrainian government give full right to declare territory of Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples Republics as no fly zone.

 

[LiK]

Fucking awful.

Who is taking responsibility?

Apparently no one. Whoever does is so fucked

 

[Hrothgar]

Strelkov is bragging about it, thinking they shot down Ukrainian AN-26:

This is what happens if you send Buk rocket systems to terrorists.... Happy now, Russia?

Can someone atleast translate the entire post?

 

[BruiserBear]

United States has shot down an airliner before. They did not admit it.

Chances that someone will admit their mistake this time = 0.

oh vey

 

[Quotient]

So did they mistake it for a enemy re-fueling jet or even a fighter jet, or did they intentional shoot at an airliner?

 

[Matush]

Is this real, holy shit...

 

[Yrael]

Those poor people. I feel so sorry for their families.

And eyewitnesses are already putting photos of the mutilated corpses onto social media... :/