tita wrote:Now, they want further investigation to determine the exact location of the launch of the missile, pretending the report is politically biased. There is a lot at stakes, with powerful media backing.
This is actually what's the most sad. There is *NOT* a lot at stake. In the most likely case, captured UA, partial system, possible jury rigged launch; its collateral damage from someone with no money. Zero crime, zero recoverable liability.
In the alternate cases, UA complete or Russian complete, both parties had reason to believe military transports were flying and/or airdropping troops and local operators might not be convinced by a transponder ID, because all parties in this conflict are serial, compulsive liars and cheats. Presence of an SU25 could convince Rus operators that it was an escorted transport; presence of an SU25 could convince an incompetent UA crew that the SU25 was trying to kill a Russian troop transport. Thus again, collateral damage, zero crime involved, some civil liability on the order of about $100k per death plus the value of the plane. That's not really a lot in the overall picture of the Rus/UA conflict; and if its UA's they're bankrupt, so at best, you'd get a transfer from an EU fund, to UA, and then back to some EU families; while various UA oligarchs take their 80% cut. It'd be more efficient to just cut a check straight from the EU budget in that case.
This is only a big deal with "stakes" to the families who have suffered a loss, and the media parade that is selling tons of soap via this story. It has no high-stakes endgame for any of the belligerent parties.
My opinion on the alternate report timing, is that it was at the request of the Kremlin, and is basically immediate response which they should do MUCH MORE OF, not less. The more times they stay up at the front edge of the media story, the more times there will be information intersect of some data points, providing essentially confirmed pieces of information outside the media narrative.
The simultaneous release was not suspicious or in poor taste; what is suspicious and stupid is the usual Kremlin habit of getting way behind on a narrative and then throwing everything including the kitchen sink at it.