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> Ukraine army shoot down civil airliner with 90 people on board just a few years ago

What does that have to do with this incident?

> It was regular war zone with dozens other planes shoot down

This contradicts your point. The rebels didn't have planes, so all planes that were shot down were Ukrainian planes that were shot down by the rebels.

> It happened on Ukraine territory, most likely by Ukraine citizens.

What proof do you have for that?

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Not to detract from you valid points (since I think these are important questions to ask) but the rebels do have a small airforce.

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/pro-russian-rebels-have-air-force-mad...

"Kiev has claimed that Ukrainian troops have destroyed one separatist L-39 military trainer aircraft, two An-2 agricultural aircraft, one Yak-52 trainer airplane and four Mi-24 attack helicopters -- the latter being the most dangerous aircraft in the list, and the only ones built expressly for an armed role."

Wikipedia also has a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Unite...

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