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Russia and russian weapons and russian financing that it is now, you know, cresting outside of ukraine and engaging the outside world. i don t want to lose sight of the fact that the real tragedy and the important story today is what happened when that plane was hit and the lives that were lost when that plane was hit. but it does happen in a geopolitical hot spot, and we have to discuss what the policy implications of that are. and it seems, aid yadriaadrian, two days have been very bad ones for vladimir putin in relations with the united states, first the president amping up the sanctions and then this, which clearly is something putin has to know is going to have a very bad effect on his ability to deal with the united states. absolutely, and i think that s really the great mystery. the mystery is that originally it was clear that putin had that easy takeover of crimea. then he felt that he could walk ....
Donetsk, which is the name of the administrative government. they posted a photo of the buk anti-aircraft missile systems and said, look at the new toys we ve got. both the statement and that tweet were deleted within hours of the plane going down. and this is a serious player in this, he s not some fringe guy? he is a russian spy. that same page where that was posted, that has just been posted, apparently, a statement saying there will be no truce. also today, michael, i want to get your view of this intercept there is some intercepted conversations, allegedly, that the ukranian government has put out transcripts of indicating, basically, conversations about this kind of about this, panicky conversations about maybe we made a big mistake. what is your reading of those? ....
Keranitsky, a fellow with us. he sat in that plane for half an hour at andrews air force base before getting out, and it strikes me there are only two people in the world at this moment that could keep him on the phone that long, an uninterrupted phone call. that would be benjamin netanyahu and vladimir putin. if it was vladimir putin, what would they have been discussing tonight? well, i think there are two alternatives. one is that the president tried to place the call and the other is that putin placed the call. if putin placed the call, i would say that would be a sign that putin is looking for some wiggle room to walk this back. this is in some ways and not without exact parallels, putin s lockerbie. that is to say, a movement he has supported, weapons he has ....
Passengers and 15 members of crew came down. witnesses saw a plume of smoke and debris over a 10-mile area. many of the victims were still in their seat belts attached to pieces of the plane, one man still in his socks but without pants lay iakimbo on the field, as if in a pose. others had personal belongings nearby. one man had sneakers but no pants with his arms laid outward, his iphone at his side. president barack obama called the malaysian president to offer help for what happened. the president of ukraine calls it a terrorist attack and blames pro-russian militants fighting to unite eastern ukraine with russia, but vladimir putin responded, i would like to point out in this regard that this tragedy would not have occurred ....
They admitted that russia had sent tanks and armored vehicles to sloviansk. he said, you only gave us three tanks. that wasn t anything. then a russian person said more help is on the way, you ll get more carriers and anti-aircraft missile systems. what is your opinion about the messages delivered today. do you think they re credible? the sbu is very, very good about playing information warfare with the russians. you ll recall there were mysterious conversations released. very well done by the russians. the ukranians, the sbu was essentially created by the soviets. it s a hangover of the soviet regime. they want very clear, like we know exactly who did this. you had vice president biden come out and say in no uncertain terms this plane was shot down out of the sky. there s been coordination ....