I'm sure that claim would have brought great comfort to those Ukrainian Soldiers trapped in Debaltseve..... Did you follow that battle?...i did, it was pretty obvious what those Russian "Tourists" and seperatists was aiming to do. The Ukrainians was pouring in heavy military hardware in Debaltseve,So when the Tourists was starting to squeeze the lifeline to Debaltseve you would expect some kind of reaction some kind of plan B from the U.A. HQ but....No. After watching how those young Ukrainian sailors in Crimea was treated by the Green men and EVEN WORSE those Ukrainian-Russian civilans i hoped that the Ukrainian Army would have made a Swift victory in the Eastern provinces.....but the Debaltseve debacle put a final nail into that coffin.At least for me. Everyone who has the slightest knowledge about Mh17....except Russians and Western crackpot conspiracy nutters knows that Mh17 was brought down by mistake by half-assed trained Separatists or a russian military unit. First....regardless of ANY flight organisations on this planet,those who have the ultimate responsibility for Ukrainian airspace is U-K-R-A-I-N-E. It is Ukraine who is RESPONSIBLE for the safety of passengers on civilian Airliners in their own airspace! The international flight route over Ukraine used by Mh17 passed over a CONFLICT ZONE with that in mind you would expect that that government RESPONSIBLE for flight security would be ON THEIR TOES....would be ON FULL ALERT and to REACT to all specific events in that CONFLICT ZONE to ensure SAFETY for civilian airliners! For several months the Ukrainian Airforce had been a thorn in the side for the separatist. June 29 2014: 18 Days before the demise of Mh17....D.P.R. uses twitter and show a picture of a captured BUK system, dismantled....but still. July 14 2014: 3 Days before the demise of Mh17....Russian seperatists or a Russian Army unit successfully and for the FIRST time shots down an Ukrainian AN-26 at 6500 meters using a BUK missile system CLEARLY a game changer for flight security. You would expect those RESPONSIBLE for flight security to BE ON THEIR TOES to be fully ALERT and to R-E-A-C-T to this game changing event in the CONFLICT ZONE....like.. we can no longer guarantee their safety let's bring those airliners out of HARMS WAY and re-route the airline highway R-E-A-C-T for gods sake! But instead things gets even worse! Mh17 is not just passing over the conflict zone they are also supposed to pass over an area with the most aerial activity in the entire conflict zone! Ukrainian SU-25s has been buzzing around this area for more than a week. July 15th 2014: The seperatists has gained Control over strategic important hill Saur-Mogila and has now full overview over the valley to the South-east monitoring Ukrainian forces attempt to re-capture Stepanivka ,Marinivka and Saurivka. The hill Saur-Mogila is now a prime target for Ukrainian SU-25s. The separatist brings in AA defences North of Saur-Mogila. July 16th 2014: One Ukrainian SU-25 is shot down another SU-25 is damaged. July 17th 2014 13:20 local time: Mh17 steams ahead...full frontal against seperatists AA defences North of Saur-Mogila and no one reacts!!