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The air space path is frequently taken by Russian jets, including Putin’s.
The Ukrainian groups that are fighting the Russian backed “separatists” probably shot it down thinking it was a Russian plane, and downed a Malaysian jet instead.

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frequently taken by Russian jets, including Putin’s.

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The plane ran around a storm, but may have also been re-directed away from Putin’s plane, although as someone pointed out, Putin would be an idiot to fly over the Ukraine, knowing
what missile he himself put on the ground.