The Ukrainian separatists accused of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 denied the attack over claims that they don’t possess the advanced weaponry needed to hit a plane traveling at 33,000 feet.

But according to Mashable, they only denied responsibility after learning that the plane was a civilian aircraft and not a Ukrainian military plane like they initially thought.
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do you mean Russian separatist?

What then can atone for the almost 300 lives lost due to this error?

This life is becoming something else ooo