MH 17 Link Roundup
By A few links on the ongoing MH17 investigation:
- RUSI: Russia in the Dock
- Two Likely Scenarios
- The Rebels and the Buk
- The European Reaction
- “A second chance”
To my mind, the most likely scenario (but not the only possible scenario!) is that Donetsk separatists acquired the SAM from existing Ukrainian stocks, then refurbished and put it into service with Russian military assistance. They likely lacked sufficient training to understand how to discriminate between a Ukrainian military transport and a commercial jet liner. The most interesting bits going forward will be reaction in the EU (how far will Berlin and Paris go to pressure Russia), and in Moscow itself.
…and also Gaza. I just have nothing useful to say about Gaza.