Senior U.S. officials now admit that the Malaysian airlines passenger plane was likely
accidentally shot down.
The Russian government
claims Ukrainian fighter jets were flying very close to Malaysian Flight 17 when it was shot down. Others claim that Ukrainian fighter jets were
escorting the Malaysian plane through Ukrainian airspace.
However, a Youtube video made a month
before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down
alleges that Ukranian fighter jets were hiding behind passenger planes, pulling away temporarily, dropping bombs on Ukrainian separatists, and then hiding again behind the plane (minor corrections of spelling and punctuation):