Russian leader of separatist “Lugansk People Republic” Igor Strelkov posted a statement on Russia’s largest social network that may help explain what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17 on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian Crisis Media Center shared and translated a screenshot of Strelkov’s comment, shown below, on Facebook. Post by Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center. Strelkov, also known as Girkin, posted on Thursday at 9:50 am EST on VKontakte, Russia’s version of Facebook. Most notably, he wrote, “We have warned them — not to fly in ‘our sky.'” The word Strelkov used for sky “небо,” can also …read more
Source: Business Insider
