Showing posts with label MH-17. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MH-17. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Pilot who shot down MH-17 commits suicide

Pilot Who Probably Shot Down MH17 Commits Suicide

Ukrainian pilot Vladislav Voloshin, whom his colleague Yevgeny Agapov accused of involvement in the shooting down of Boeing 777 flight MH17, has committed suicide in Nikolaev.


18 March, 2018

Please note that Western mainstream media are specifically running the story as “Pilot, who was accused by Russia…” The allegations came came from his colleague, who then was forced to leave Ukraine for Russia.

As reported by Ukrainian media, Voloshin shot himself from a Makarov pistol. Doctors tried to save the pilot, but he died in hospital.

According to the relatives of the deceased, in recent days Voloshin was in a depressed state, spoke about troubles at work and expressed disturbing thoughts. A criminal case was instituted in accordance with Part 1 of Art. 115 Criminal Code “Intentional homicide” – this article was chosen because of the peculiarities of the investigation procedure

Since January 2018, Voloshin has headed the Mykolaiv International Airport. The previous director was detained while trying to bribe a governor, but the Ukrainian media repeatedly reported that he refused to sign illegal documentation. Voloshin signed these papers immediately after his appointment to the post of acting director.

Two days after the MH17 disaster, Voloshin was awarded the Order of Courage of the Ukrainian air force. According to the testimony of Evgeny Agapov, who escaped to Russia, the Boeing 777 aircraft was allegedly shot down by an Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force, piloted by the aforementioned pilot: “A combat mission was carried out from an airfield in the city of Dnipropetrovsk.” According to his testimony, he personally saw how Voloshin’s aircraft was equipped with air-to-air missiles of the R-60 type before departure, which the Su-25 is not normally equipped with.




Saturday, 9 December 2017

Confirmation Ukrainians shot down MH-17

Ex-Ukrainian Air Defense Officer Points Finger at Former Colleagues for MH-17 Disaster


Tuesday, 26 April 2016

The BBC "corrected" the mistake of its own editors

REPOSTING:

Remember, the BBC removed the video containing the report of Olga Ivshina which contained the message that onlookers saw air force jets accompany MH17.

The BBC must have been in damage control because now they have posted a new, improved version of the original report.
Last week the BBC removed from their website an inconvenient report that revealed witness reports by locals who spotted Ukrainian air force jets accompanying MH17.

The BBC must have been in damage control as they have issued the following 'corrective'.

Of course, in line with the usual British hypocrisy the previous  report was not censored but removed for 'editorial reasons'.

The new 'improved' version takes away the interview with the Ukrainian SBU chief and 'balances' the other material with statements of denial. All in keeping with the BBC's reputation for 'balance' - lol.

The report removed from the  BBC site finalized
Удаленный с сайта Би-би-си репортаж доработан

Jan Leder


Managing editor of BBC Russian Service




BBC,
25 July, 2014

As I promised in my blog on Thursday, we modified the report of correspondent of BBC Russian Service Olga Ivshina, which on Wednesday was removed from our site.

And now the story of a several-date - appeared again.

Before I noted that the original material was removed due to structural defects and incomplete compliance editorial values of the British broadcasting Corporation. And not for the reason, which the Russian media wilingly reported that the BBX, they say, did not want to broadcast alternative perspective on disaster Malaysian "Boeing".

You can see: the report is left to the elements, from which, according to our critics, we would like to get the opinions of the ordinary residents of Donbass and search our film crew, could be launched missile (if it was a missile).

This material has been enriched by the fragments, which, in our opinion, (the previous report) lacked and that gave the story the volume of the added context of the content of what people say, located in the center of events. I mean the statement of the official representative of Kiev on that fateful day over the area of the tragedy in the air was not Ukrainian military aircraft. And expert opinion about how likely is the use by the military pilots of civil aircraft as a "flying shields"
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The BBC not engaged in self-censorship, and expects that its journalists ask questions. Including inconvenient for interviewees.

In revising the plot we almost did not use scissors. The only item that was cut out, is a replica of the head of counter-intelligence of the security service of Ukraine Vitaly Nida. For she was not quite that investigated Olga. But interviews Nida on our site remained - here.

The history of the downed airliner extremely complex and multifaceted, and we cover it from both sides.

It is painful and unpleasant to make mistakes . But we acknowledge them. And in this case we apologized not once, but twice: first, that the original report was published in haste; secondly, because we have not explained to you why it was removed once made this decision.

And then we have tried to correct these mistakes in a transparent manner. I'm not sure there's a lot of media that are ready to do the same. (sic)

P.S. After the publication of my blog on Thursday, we received a huge number of comments. I am very pleased how attentively you read our site and thank everybody who voted. Some of you have asked where you can find mentioned the editorial guidelines for the BBC. Please: here they are in English; here- the  in Russian.



P.S. The original footage from the BBC has long since been disappeared from You Tube but it does still exist

Thursday, 15 October 2015

Information Wars: Distorting news of MH-17

This article focuses on the Australian media

Media lies and distortion

ATTENTION ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, PLEASE READ THIS VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!!


Today, for the first time in a month, I watched the ABC television channel and read the Daily Telegraph newspaper here in Australia. I did so because today the first official report on the MH17 findings was released. In view of a number of very serious unsubstantiated claims and highly Russophobic nature demonstrated in the coverage of this report in the aforementioned media outlets, we would like to urge The President of Russia and the Russian Embassy here in Australia to provide an evidence-based response for the benefit of our Australian colleagues and partners.

This kind of ‘journalism’ seeks to attribute the blame to Russia and its President, thereby fomenting unjustified and undeserved hatred towards Russia and its people. After all, Russia and Australia were allies in two World Wars and our predecessors bravely sacrificed their lives to extinguish the inhumane, barbaric, xenophobic and racist flame of fascism that is being passionately reignited by the junta in Kiev that our Western colleagues and partners shamefully call the ‘Ukrainian government’.

The official report claims that the BUK missile system that allegedly shot down the MH17 was manufactured in Russia, but it is not yet known who used it and that there is an ongoing criminal investigation into this matter. However, the fact is that Russia stopped producing this kind of BUK missile system since 1986 and stopped selling it since 2011. During that time, the Ukrainian government purchased this BUK missile system from Russia, which points the finger back towards the Fascist junta in Kiev that our Western colleagues and partners shamefully call the ‘Ukrainian government’.

Furthermore, the fact is that this tragedy took place on Ukrainian territory after Ukrainian air traffic control directed a civilian airliner directly in the path of a war zone. Hence, a number of very important questions remain to be answered by the investigating international aviation authorities.

Firstly, ‘why was airspace over the warzone not closed for civilian flights, especially since the area was not entirely covered by radar navigation systems?’

Secondly, ‘why did Ukraine’s Security Service start working with the recordings of communications between Ukrainian air traffic controllers and the Boeing crew and with the data storage systems from Ukrainian radars without waiting for international investigators?’

In view of these unanswered questions it is highly irresponsible and inappropriate for the Australian media to be making statements such as ‘but of course we already know who did it…’, ‘Russia and Putin should be held accounted, and must pay to the family victims the compensations’.

Our heartfelt and sincerest prayers go out to all our dear fellow Australians that lost their lives in the MH17 tragedy, and indeed to all those who lost their lives in this tragedy. May God give all their family and friends the comfort and peace that they seek and may the Souls of their Loved Ones Rest In Peace. Like the Russian Government and Russian Embassy here in Australia we too sincerely hope that a truly ‘impartial mechanism’ can be established ‘to fairly prosecute all those responsible’.

Out of respect for the Dearly Departed we ask you, the people of the world, please do not jump to false conclusions about Russia based on the abhorrent propaganda and lies being peddled in the Australian mass media and by the American corporate Fascist state. Please do not allow the Australian and Western media to fool you! Shame on you Australia and Western media, this is not journalism, this is a sickening attempt to make profit from the pain and suffering of innocent people and their loved ones!

The fact is that ‘Despite making many claims about the cause of the crash, the U.S. has refused to share the hardest evidence of all: the satellite imagery immediately prior, immediately after and, if available, at the moment of the attack and the downing of MH17’. In view of this, we urge the Australian government and media to use their leverage with their American friends to influence them to hand over the hard data that is required to solve this crime.

The so called ‘Pro Russians Separatists’ did the right thing and handed over the two black box flight recorders to investigators, and we say it is high time that the Americans followed suit.

Let us not forget that in 2001, when a Russian Tu-154 crashed into the Black Sea the Ukrainian authorities denied any involvement on the part of Ukraine’s Armed Forces until irrefutable evidence proved Kiev to be guilty.

In view of this, we find it astonishing that the Australian government and media wilfully support the Nazi Fascist junta in Kiev that uses heavy weapons and artillery against civilians, and which our Western colleagues and partners shamefully call the ‘Ukrainian government’.

The root cause of the war in Eastern Ukraine is that the majority of the population refuse to recognize the illegitimate regime in Kiev that was thrust upon them by the regime’s state and corporate sponsors in the West. Please do not let these traitors fool you, for they are the very reason that 298 innocent people (including 38 of our fellow Australians) lost their lives on board that fateful flight.

People of the world, we call on you to wake up and stand against the dirty tricks and propaganda being peddled by journalists in the Australian media. It is time for Western and Australian media outlets to publicly apologize and be held to account for the hatred that they are stirring up between the Nations of Russia and Australia that fought together as allies in two World Wars.

PLEASE SHARE THIS TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THE TRUTH!!!

Written by Natalia Semenov
Edited by Maxim Zorin


The Guardian does it again!

Guardian makes “error” reading MH17 report, accuses rebels of cover up


14 October, 2015


In an article compiled by Luke Harding, Shaun Walker and Julian Borger, entitled “MH17 report suggests efforts were made to cover up causes of disaster”, and published October 13, the Guardian claimed the Dutch report on the downing of MH17 alleged there was evidence of a “bungled autopsy” and attempt to “remove foreign objects” from the body of the first officer. The implication was that this had been done in order to conceal the cause of the crash, and the further implication was of course that Russia and the rebels had been involved.

The report by the Dutch safety board said that more than 120 objects, “mostly metal fragments”, were found in the body of the first officer, who had sustained “multiple fractures”.. When Dutch experts identified the captain’s body they found it had already “undergone an external and internal examination to remove foreign objects”.

Despite apparent attempts to remove shrapnel, “hundreds of metal objects were found”, the report said, as well as bone fractures and other injuries.

After this appeared a rebuttal was posted BTL, by the CiFer known as Pigswiggle, who showed conclusively the report made no such claim, or anything remotely like such a claim.

This is a really bizarre inference
[…]

The report is merely explaining that the Captain from Team A was not chosen by the public prosecutor as one of the bodies for further “detailed examination.” The Dutch authorities “found” that the Captain’s body “had already ‘undergone an external and internal examination to remove foreign objects,'” because it was part of the investigation procedure that all the bodies were subjected to (as described in the preceding paragraphs of the report). The Guardian is attempting to accuse Russia of a “cover up” based on the investigative actions of the Netherlands Forensic Institute. Indeed, according to the report, the persons responsible for having removed foreign objects from the Captain was a team of “120 forensic specialists from the National Forensic Investigations Team (LTFO) from the Netherlands and 80 forensic specialists from Australia, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Malaysia, and New Zealand.”

The Guardian needs to correct this story. It is highly embarrassing to it and its journalists.

[read full text of this comment here]

Following this, and other complaints, October 14 the Guardian issued what amounted to a retraction:
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and reworded the offending part of the article to read:

The report by the Dutch safety board said that more than 120 objects, “mostly metal fragments”, were found in the body of the first officer, who had sustained “multiple fractures”. Dutch experts performed an “external and internal examination on the the captain’s body” and removed “hundreds of metal fragments”. They also observed bone fractures and other injuries.

Shaun Walker even tweeted the retraction:

Some cynical commenters have pointed out this “error” has had the result of spreading a false and baseless rumour of Russian evidence-tampering around the web. A rumour that the foot-noted retraction will do little to quell – especially since they did not see fit to also change their grossly misleading headline, which as of 20:00 BST October 14 still reads thus:


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Which means to all intents and purposes the lie is left to stand, “retraction” or no.

Is this ethical journalism?

Anyone who wants to register their opinion on this and/or ask for further correction can write to the Guardian here:


MH-17 Final Report: Who Shot Down The Plane?

Friday, 17 July 2015

MH-17 - One Year On

One year on the West is determined to present the scenario they want, even if it is false


MH17 couldn’t be shot from rebel areas, West pressuring investigators – Russian Air Agency





RT,
16 July, 2015

Malaysian flight MH17 couldn’t have been shot by a ground-to-air missile from the areas controlled by eastern Ukrainian rebels, said Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, adding that West is putting pressure upon investigators to get conclusions it wants.

“If the missile, as Western authorities claim, were sent from Snezhnoe area [controlled by the rebels], then according to all experts and specialists, it would have been detected by radar station in Rostov-on –Don [region in Russia which borders on Donetsk Region],” Deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency Oleg Storchevoy said during a briefing on MH17 investigation Thursday.

He also added that if the missile that targeted the Malaysian plane was sent from Zaroshchenskое town which was at that time controlled by Kiev troops, specialists say that “the radars would have recorded neither the launch, nor the movement of the missile towards the plane.”
Russian investigators reveal identity of key witness in MH17 crash http://t.co/HEQuwgdTgFpic.twitter.com/w6UqJvG2lI
— RT (@RT_com) June 4, 2015

According to Storchevoy, Russian Air Transport Agency believes that the factors pointing at the downing of the plane by air-to-air or ground-to-air missile “are obvious and they are present.”

The investigators who are preparing the final report on the tragedy should also investigate the version that Malaysian plane crash could have been caused by air-to-air missile, he said.

Storchevoy added that there are “numerous records from plane crash witnesses, saying that they saw a military aircraft in the sky at the moment of MH17 crash.”
He reminded that earlier in July Russian aviation experts published the results of their own investigation, saying that MH17 was probably downed by air-to-air missile, but not a Russian made one.

The version of air-to-air missile is also considered to be a priority one by the Russian Investigative Committee. 
#MH17 likely downed by air-to-air missile, not Russian made – Investigative Committeehttp://t.co/UaVElq8qnzpic.twitter.com/1n3afH2eFD
— RT (@RT_com) July 15, 2015

The deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency also commented on the conclusions made by Russian military manufacturer Almaz-Antey, who said that if the flight was downed by a ground-to-air missile, it was Buk-M1 missile system. However, they added at the time that an air-to-air missile variant is also possible.

“We presented all the reports by Almaz-Antey manufacturer to international investigators during one of our meetings,”Storchevoy said, adding that the manufacturer’s investigation “is not a confirmation that the aircraft was downed exactly by Buk-M1 missile, but a consideration of possible version of a catastrophe.”

“Other variants of the downing of the plane are not rejected,” he added.
MH17 likely downed by old BUK-M1 missile system not used by Russia since 1999http://t.co/xFZIiG75xKpic.twitter.com/7Y5G2rZC7n
— RT (@RT_com) June 3, 2015

Russia the only country that published data on MH17 crash


Russia has questions why Ukraine and the US didn’t release the data concerning Malaysian plane crash, said Storchevoy, adding that Russia is the first and only country that published its data on the tragedy.

The Russian Defense Ministry held a briefing several days after Malaysian jet crash, where it presented all of its satellite data concerning the catastrophe.

Russia has sent international investigators “all the data which was asked from us,” including that from radars in Rostov. No other country has published the data it had on Malaysian jet crash, said Storchevoy. 

“There are no documents from Ukraine, concerning the negotiations of the military on the day of the crash, no military flights schedule, no reports on availability and expenditure of the surface-to-air missiles, no satellite images from the US.” 

Moreover, Russian experts were not invited to participate in the international investigation into the tragedy of the Malaysian Boeing, despite Moscow’s repeated proposals and experience they had, Storchevoy reminded.

“Russian organizations, specialists and experts on such investigations haven’t been involved in [MH17 crash] probe, despite repeated proposals from our [Russian] side to assist by providing competent experts as well as the necessary equipment for carrying out complicated tests.”

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has claims over parts of MH17 crash report 


Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has several claims over the report by Dutch investigators, Storchevoy said.

“I can give comments on the current investigation, on the final report only after this final report is officially published.”

He added that Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has “many things to say on this document and have some things to contradict to some of its points.”

“But currently I am bound by international norms and rules,” he said.

The Dutch Safety Board has released a preliminary report in September 2014 and is planning to release their full report on the tragedy in October 2015.

‘West is putting deliberate pressure on MH17 investigators’


Various comments and information leaks on the investigation of the MH17 tragedy before official release of Dutch experts report are merely a deliberate pressure on the international investigation commission, says Storchevoy.

“Without waiting for the results of official investigation, right after the catastrophe, journalists and western politicians started with lightning speed to release biased materials, based mostly on information from the social media, where the alleged causes of the accident, as well as the alleged culprits were named in no uncertain terms.”

This is not in line with the conventions of international civil aviation and should be viewed as “deliberate pressure on the investigative commission to get necessary conclusions,” he said.

Storchevoy used US ambassador to Russia John Tefft as an example, who said in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper that the US “just knows” who is behind the tragedy.

“It is hard to call this position [Tefft’s] constructive and worthy of a politician of such a high rank,” Storchevoy said.
US officials say Ukraine rebels behind #MH17 downing, Dutch team cannot confirmhttp://t.co/XhAPXINuJnpic.twitter.com/RL4fyC8NzP
— RT (@RT_com) July 15, 2015

The CNN has also aired a report on Wednesday which cited two anonymous US officials reportedly familiar with the Dutch report on the MH17 crash in Ukraine, as saying that the plane was downed by the eastern Ukrainian rebel forces.

However, the Dutch Safety Board spokesperson Sara Vernooij told RT the investigators “cannot confirm” this information.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur, crashed in the Donetsk Region in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board. The Dutch Safety Board has been heading an international investigation into the cause of the crash, since a large number of passengers on the flight were from Holland while the plane itself flew out of Amsterdam.





Nothing stops western MSM from continuing their lies and distortions.  The last time we saw "footage" like this MSM showed a "rebel" holding up material from the record but neglected to show how the same person went on to cross himself.


Footage reveals rebels at MH17 site - report

New video footage has emerged reportedly showing Russian-backed rebels arriving at the scene of last year's Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine, believing they had shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet.


17 July, 2015

The footage released by News Corp Australia - reportedly filmed by the rebels themselves - allegedly shows the insurgents' dismay as they discover the aircraft is a commercial airliner. It also shows rebels rifling through the luggage of passengers and crew.



News Corp said it had handed the video to international investigators. It said the 17-minute long footage had been smuggled out from the rebels' own Donetsk base] and clearly identified the militia.

Investigators from the Netherlands are leading an international probe into the downing of the Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight and are expected to release a final report in early October.

Dutch citizens made up the majority of the 298 people killed in the 17 July 2014 нdisaster.

 The site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in July this year.The site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in July last year (file)   Photo: AFP


International tribunal

The Netherlands is working with Malaysia, Australia, Belgium, and Ukraine on the creation of an international tribunal for MH17.

A draft UN resolution, obtained by AFP new agency, calls for establishing the tribunal under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, which means that the court's efforts to prosecute those responsible could be enforced by sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands that an international tribunal would be counterproductive.

"Vladimir Putin in detail explained the Russian position regarding the premature and counterproductive nature of an initiative by a number of countries, including the Netherlands, to establish an international tribunal to criminally prosecute individuals responsible for the destruction of the Malaysian airliner," the Kremlin said.

Dutch authorities are convinced combatants based in the pro-Moscow separatist enclave of Donetsk were operating the missile system that downed the plane.

The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Netherlands, Fred Westerbecke, told the ABC evidence gathered included satellite imagery, intercepted phone calls and mobile phone footage.

- AAP / ABC