Headlines via Reuters

  • US intelligence officials say they believe pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine probably shot down Malaysian passenger airliner “by mistake”

Confirming what all the piecemeal evidence was already overwhelmingly pointing to.

Here’s more, headlines on the Reuters:

  • US does not know exactly who fired surface-to-air missile which downed plane -u.s. intelligence officials
  • US did not know that Ukraine separatists had Russian SA-11 missiles until after Malaysian plane was hit
  • Russia continuing to deliver more weapons, including rockets and tanks, to Ukraine separatists
  • US intelligence officials did not make public new technical evidence to support assertion that plane was downed by SA-11 missile or that missile was fired by separatists

Added – Russian media is already picking up on the report, saying approvingly: “Unnamed US officials are telling Associated Press that their intelligence suggests Malaysia plane shot down by separatist, no link to Russia found.” Link