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Atrocities of the war. 2014, malaysian airline mh-17 with nearly 300 people on board. our intelligence sources say the men detailed in belarus had been identified over many months as having suspected links to war crimes. >> there were two who were present when the missile that downed mh-17 were launched. four others killed at least 70 of our best men. so identifying and punishing these people was of high interest to us. >> reporter: it was apparently of interest to u.s. intelligence, too. the u....

Assistance and advice from the cia on drawing russian mercenaries in. a senior u.s. official told cnn those allegations are false . but yoidentifying the right peoe and luring them out of russia required an elaborate deception. so our sources told us they set about creating a fake private military company with its own website. on it they advertised jobs like one lucrative contract of $5,000 a month to protect oil facilities in venezuela. that was the bait. were told hundreds of russian mercenari...

These people was of high interest to us. >> reporter: it was apparently of interest to u.s. intelligence, too. although, u.s. officials deny having any direct role. according to our sources, the ukrainian-led operation got some u.s. cash, technical assistance and advice from the cia on drawing russian mercenaries in. a u.s. official told cnn those allegations are false. but identifying the right people and then luring them out of russia required an elaborate deception. so our former ukrainian mi...