On July 17, 2014 (June 21, 2014 in the lunar calendar), why was Malaysia Airlines MH17 shot down at the Ukrainian-Russian border? Plane crash site On July 17, 2014, a Malaysian Boeing 777 passenger plane carrying 298 people crashed in the Ukraine border area near Russia. The flight number is MH17, which is different from the missing MH370. Reported that the Boeing passenger plane was originally scheduled to fly from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It "began to fall and was then found burning on the ground in Ukraine" just about 50 kilometers before entering Russian airspace." Anton Grashenko, adviser to the Interior Minister of Ukraine, told the Interfax news agency that the passenger plane was shot down by a Booker surface-to-air missile at an altitude of 10,000 meters, killing all people on board. Russian civil aviation sources told Reuters that the Malaysian passenger plane did not enter Russian airspace at the scheduled time and crashed in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines confirmed through the Weibo website "Twitter" on the evening of the 17th that it had lost contact with Flight MH17 and that the passenger plane was still in Ukraine at the time of the last contact. The airline also confirmed that there were 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board. Grashenko, adviser to the Minister of Interior of Ukraine, said on the social networking site "Facebook" that all 280 passengers and 15 crew members on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 were killed. The Embassy of China in Malaysia confirmed that there were currently no China passengers among the victims of known nationalities. Another report said that Ukraine Interior Minister Skirjak said that the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 had killed more than 300 people. According to Russia's Interfax news agency, 80 children and 23 American citizens were on board the Malaysian Boeing passenger plane that crashed in Uzbekistan. The news has not been officially confirmed. According to a report by Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, international investigators will soon release the final investigation report on the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines passenger plane MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 on October 13, 2015. Vasyl Vovk, a former chief investigator of Ukraine's security service who was involved in the investigation, revealed that fragments of beech missiles had been found on the bodies of the victims, indicating that the passenger plane was shot down by beech missiles. He believes that opposition militants in Ukraine and Russia are "responsible for this tragedy," but is worried whether the Dutch-led international investigation "will fully disclose the facts." At the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17, smoke billowed and the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was covered in ruins. The crash site was a scorched earth. Extended reading: Why was Malaysia Airlines MH17 shot down at the Ukrainian-Russian border? Extended reading: Why was Malaysia Airlines MH17 shot down at the Ukrainian-Russian border? It's Malaysia Airlines again. Flight MH17 was shot down by a missile and crashed on the Russia-Uzbekistan border on the afternoon of the 17th on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Against the background of incomplete information disclosure, one point deserves in-depth study. Why did this "accident" occur in a rioting area on the Russia-Uzbekistan border? Crash scene 1. Currently, we focus on three possibilities. The greatest possibility is that the Ukrainian rebels mistakenly attacked the flight. The possibility that Russian government forces and Ukraine government forces are the main culprits is relatively small. According to current information, it is 100% certain that Flight MH17 crashed due to being hit by a missile. There have been only a few times in history that a commercial company's flight has been hit by a missile, and this time it is even more unbelievable. There are currently only three possibilities for the launch of the missile: pro-Russian anti-government forces in eastern Ukraine, Russian government forces, and Ukraine government forces. Although the possibility exists that Russian and Ukraine government forces mistakenly hit the flight. For example, Russian government forces also shot down a transport plane of Ukraine government forces, it lacks some rationality compared to the Ukrainian rebels. There are two reasons why Ukraine rebels are the most likely to accidentally attack the flight. First, just before the news of the plane being shot down came out (17:00 local time on the 17th), Ukrainian anti-government leader Igor Strelkov issued a "good news" on VKontakte(Russian social media): Our organization had just shot down a Ukraine transport aircraft (AntonovAn-26). Uzbek anti-government leader IgorStrelkov said on social media that his organization had just shot down a transport plane. A month ago, on June 14, a Uzbek Il-76 transport plane was shot down by rebels in the eastern city of Luhansk in Ukraine, killing all 49 people on board. Coupled with the shooting down on July 17, this is the third transport plane shot down by the Ukrainian army since the situation in Ukraine became tense. More coincidentally, according to Bloomberg News, there was a military Il-76 transport aircraft in the airspace near the shooting down of MH17. Second, Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to the Interior Ministry of Ukraine, said on his Facebook page that the Malaysia Airlines plane was hit by a Buk rocket launcher at an altitude of 10,000 meters. An Associated Press reporter also saw the launcher in Snizhne, a small town on the border between Ukraine and East China on the 17th. Even more coincidentally, the Donetsk rebels led by IgorStrelkov released photos at the end of June this year, claiming that they had captured a military base and obtained Buk surface-to-air missiles. The Donetsk rebels claimed to have obtained the Buk missile. Judging from the weapons and equipment used to shoot down the plane and the time it was shot down, it is very likely that the armed group under the leader of the Ukrainian rebels, IgorStrelkov, mistakenly attacked the civilian passenger plane as a transport plane for the Ukraine government army. 2. However, the leader of the anti-government armed group has a deep Russian background, and his identity is confusing, but he is closely related to Russia. On June 11 this year, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the "People's Mayor" of Slavyansk City in the Donetsk region, was arrested for squandering a lot of funds. It was IgorStrelkov who ordered the order, which proves his power and status among the anti-government organizations in Ukraine. When the BBC analyzed the key figures in the turbulent situation in eastern Ukraine, it also listed him as one of them. His identity remains a mystery. The key issue is that he is Russian and has served in the Russian military. According to information captured by a hacker group, from 1999 to 2005, he served in Chechnya as a member of The Russian Federation Security Service. Local newspapers have also delved deep into his past. According to the report, he was born in Moscow and his ex-wife and children still live in Moscow. So how did he become the leader of the rebels in Ukraine? He is generally believed to be a key figure in the occupation of the Crimean Parliament Building, and it was at that time that his name began to become known. Then he directly led the armed forces and began fighting in eastern Ukraine. Therefore, it is natural for people to think that his relationship with Russia is extraordinary. But in an interview in April this year, he said that Russia did not provide any weapons and that the weapons in their hands were self-raised. However, the argument that it is eager to ignore its relationship with Russia is weak, and the Ukraine government security service also insists that Igor directly accepts instructions from Moscow. In addition, official EU information also identified him as a Russian intelligence officer. According to the latest news from Reuters, the Ukraine Security Service accused two Russian intelligence personnel of being involved in the case. This personal connection is a microcosm of the recent separatist demonstrations in eastern Ukraine. Since April this year, armed men known as the "green men" have seized local government facilities in one city after another in eastern Ukraine, stirring up separatist demonstrations. Surprisingly, these personnel are well-equipped and professionally practiced. And whenever a Ukraine official points out that what the world is witnessing is in fact a secret invasion by Russian troops, the Kremlin follows suit with a vigorous denial. However, through the photos, we can see that many of the above-mentioned green-clad men are indeed Russian soldiers and intelligence personnel. Their equipment is the same as the Russian special forces soldiers who annexed the Crimea region in February this year. A number of people photographed in Ukraine were also found in photos of Russian troops apparently taken from other scenes. Concealing the identity of the armed forces, thereby reducing the possibility of international condemnation, is a core tool of Russia's strategy developed over the years in conflicts in the former Soviet Union. Schindler, a counterintelligence official at the National Security Agency, called it a "special war"-"a mixture of espionage, subversion, and even some form of terrorism to achieve political goals, rather than actually waging war in any conventional sense." 3. In this way, it is inevitable that the plane was shot down by a missile in eastern Ukraine. Even in eastern Ukraine, only a few people support the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the two largest states in southeastern Ukraine. Basically everyone speaks Russian instead of Ukraine. There is nothing wrong in saying that the people there are pro-Russian. In past elections, both states have often supported pro-Russian politicians. But that doesn't mean that most people want to break away from Ukraine. A survey released in May by the Pew Research Center showed that 70% of respondents in eastern Ukraine supported keeping the country united, while only 18% supported independence; the rest of the respondents had no clear answer. Russia's intervention has further complicated the situation in the already sensitive eastern region of Ukraine. The Ukraine government believes that although they are afraid of war with Russia, no matter how limited the possible victory, they must make huge and urgent changes due to the massive infiltration of Russian soldiers into eastern Ukraine. The biggest manifestation of this change is that soldiers have overcome their reluctance to fire on their own citizens. This "dare to shoot" model obviously further intensifies the contradiction. Rebels continue to gather in the eastern region of Donetsk, attacking prisons and occupying landmark buildings. For the Ukraine government forces,"it becomes obvious who are our own and who are the enemy, and their actions become more efficient." They defined the actions of anti-government forces in the eastern region as "terrorism" and said,"We will launch counter-terrorism operations during the active period of terrorist operations until there are no terrorists left in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Under this model, since April this year, the conflict between the government forces and the anti-government armed forces led by IgorStrelkov in the east has escalated, which has resulted in the above-mentioned situation in which the Ukrainian army has shot down three transport aircraft by the anti-government forces. In this regard, Ukraine officials believe that the only solution is to block the Russia-Ukraine border and prevent the entry of Russian armed personnel and weapons. However, unfortunately, this so-called unilateral blockade obviously did not have a good effect, which made the plane crash "most likely to be accidentally hit by a Russian-backed Ukrainian anti-government organization using a Russian-made medium and long-range air defense missile system." This situation greatly confirms that "the separatists in eastern Ukraine are agents of Russian intelligence agencies, trying to bring the country into turmoil after large-scale protests led to the ouster of the pro-Russian former Ukrainian leader. Let Ukraine fall apart, like the situation in Yugoslavia at the time."