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Ukrainian plane. that tweet was later deleted, but that is more evidence cited by ukrainian officials. and just one more thing, this buk system, it's a russian made surface-to-air missile launcher, ukrainian separatists, pro russian separatists kparptd it june 29th, when they captured it, they bragged about it, on twitter. they showed a picture of it in fact. a tweet that showed this missile system and that was more evidence that ukrainian officials cited with their early suspicions that it was exactly this kind of launcher that took this plane down and u.s. officials believe the same. >> we'l...

Know that you've seen the particular video, have you seen evidence that an sa-11 or buk missile system would cross the border at some point from russia into ukraine, and what can you tell us about that system and the sophistication and training that would be needed by russian separatists to actually be able to operate it effectively? >> i don't have specific information about a buk system making that transit. we're not ruling anything in or out at this point. it is -- it is a sophisticated -- that said, it is a sophisticated system. the missile itself, the saa 11, which is the one we believe w...

Equipment, including anti-aircraft missiles, are coming from russia. we're just learning now that the working theory of u.s. intelligence now is that this missile system, which both u.s. and ukrainian officials believe was responsible for taking down this passenger yet, this buk system we've talked a lot about, anderson, that it was supplied to the rebels by russia. that would be a shocking revelation if confirmed. because it means russia would not just be indirectly responsible for this, but directly responsible. and that means greater consequences. the trouble is, how severe are those conseq...

What is needed for a half decent recovery operation with dignity is absolutely mind-boggling. >> it is heart wrenching and shocking, i must say, to see what's going on at the scene. i can only imagine how awful this must be for family members who might be watching right now to see what the carnage there and the lack of authority, the lack of credibility any kind of semblance of rovery if you will. it's heartbreaking to see that. jenrry hart ling, you worked extensively with the ukrainian military. you know the region well. what's your read of how sophisticated these pro-russian rebels might be...

Governments or by kiev, it's politicized in the eyes of the rebel fighters. these are men who have been fighting now for three months, if not a little bit more, and they've given up their regular lives. there doesn't seem to be anyone saying that they're ready to rethink their position or to rethink their cause as a result of the malaysian airlines disaster. >> so the video posted by ukraine's interior ministry on its facebook page showing a buk system, according to the ukraine officials, heading towards russia, with one missile missing, things like that, that's all discounted by anybody in th...