Tuesday 22 July 2014

NAHAS Kapal terbang Malaysia Airlines MH17 di Ukraine LIVE TERKINI . . .

Pekerja Negeri Ukraine Perkhidmatan Kecemasan mengumpul mayat mangsa di lokasi nahas kapal terbang Malaysia Airlines di Grabove, di timur Ukraine pada 20 Jul 2014 (Ukrainian State Emergency Service employees collect bodies of victims at the site of the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Grabove, in east Ukraine on July 20, 2014 (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)

Srikandi גבורה Sebuah pesawat Malaysia Airlines perjalanan dari Amsterdam ke Kuala Lumpur telah terhempas di timur Ukraine. Terdapat 283 penumpang dan 15 anak kapal di atas kapal pesawat Boeing-777.

Selasa 22 Julai

09:02 GMT:
Kereta api peti sejuk membawa mayat2 mangsa kemalangan Boeing 777 Malaysia telah tiba di bandar Kharkov di timur Ukraine. Kereta api itu ditakdirkan untuk ke kilang Malyshev, pengeluar milik peralatan berat. Semua siasatan akan mengambil tempat di bandar yang dikawal kerajaan di Kharkov, selepas itu badan akan diserahkan kepada saudara-mara mangsa masing-masing.

08:04 GMT:
Kereta api dengan peti sejuk mayat2 MH17 Malaysia mangsa nahas kapal terbang dijangka tiba di Kharkov pada jam 10.00 GMT, Perdana Menteri Belanda menyatakan, seperti yang dipetik oleh Reuters.

Agensi berita Ukraine UNIAN, bagaimanapun, melaporkan bahawa masa ketibaan adalah 8,30-9,00 GMT, memetik sumber penguatkuasaan undang-undang.

Mayat2 itu akan dihantar ke sebuah kilang di Kharkov yang mempunyai landasan kereta api yang berasingan.

03:05 GMT:
Pihak berkuasa Malaysia sedang merancang untuk memindahkan kotak hitam dari pesawat dijatuhkan pada masa akan datang, menurut New Straits Times.

01:09 GMT:
Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Barack Obama dan Presiden Poland Bronislaw Komorowski telah bincangkan di telefon perlunya peningkatan perbelanjaan pertahanan di Eropah dan perpaduan transatlantik selepas kemalangan MH17 itu, White House berkata, seperti yang dipetik oleh Reuters.

Kedua-dua pemimpin juga bersetuju mengenai "kepentingan sumbangan perikatan-lebar dan boleh dipercayai untuk usaha jaminan NATO di Tengah dan Eropah Timur."

Obama & Komorowski "menegaskan keperluan perpaduan transatlantik dlm bertindak balas utk menembak tragis ke bawah Malaysia Airlines Penerbangan MH17 dan usaha Rusia untuk menjejaskan kestabilan Ukraine".

00:46 GMT:
Pakar penyiasatan kemalangan daripada Penerbangan Awam Antarabangsa Organi-zation (ICAO) tiba di Ukraine pada hujung minggu untuk mula membantu rakan-rakan mereka Ukraine siasatan rasmi ke dalam kehilangan Malaysia Airlines Penerbangan ke-17, organisasi yg dilaporkan. Ia tdk menjelaskan berapa ramai pakar dalam pasukan.

Isnin, 21 Julai

22:41 GMT:
Militia Ukraine telah menyerahkan kepada pakar-pakar Malaysia yang kotak hitam dari yang terhempas Boeing-777 pesawat itu.

Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in Ukraine LIVE UPDATES

A Malaysia Airlines plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board the Boeing-777 aircraft.

Tuesday, July 22

09:02 GMT:
The refrigerator train carrying the bodies of victims of the Malaysian Boeing 777 crash has arrived in the city of Kharkov in eastern Ukraine. The train is destined for the Malyshev Factory, a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment. All investigations will take place in the government-controlled city of Kharkov, after which the bodies will be handed over to the relatives of the victims.

08:04 GMT:
The refrigerator train with the bodies of the Malaysia MH17 plane crash victims is set to arrive in Kharkov at 10.00 GMT, the Dutch premier stated, as quoted by Reuters.

The Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, however, reported that the arrival time is 8.30-9.00 GMT, citing a law enforcement source.

The bodies are to be delivered to a factory in Kharkov that has a separate railway line.

03:05 GMT:
Malaysian authorities are planning to transfer the black boxes from the downed plane in the near future, according to New Straits Times.

01:09 GMT:
US President Barack Obama and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski have discussed on the phone the need for increased defense spending in Europe and for transatlantic unity after the MH17 crash, the White House said, as cited by Reuters.

The two leaders also agreed on “the importance of alliance-wide and credible contributions to NATO's reassurance efforts in Central and Eastern Europe.”

Obama and Komorowski “stressed the need for Transatlantic solidarity in responding to the tragic shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and Russia's efforts to destabilize Ukraine”.

00:46 GMT:
Accident investigation experts from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) arrived in Ukraine over the weekend to begin assisting their Ukrainian counterparts with the official investigation into the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the organization reported. It did not clarify how many experts are in the team.

Monday, July 21

22:41 GMT:
The Ukrainian militia have handed over to Malaysian experts the black boxes from the crashed Boeing-777 airliner.

22:16 GMT:

Black boxes of #MH17.

21:44 GMT:
Rusia mengalu-alukan keputusan Belanda untuk mengambil peranan utama dalam penyiasatan kemalangan kapal terbang Malaysia Airlines dan berharap untuk objektiviti, duta PBB Rusia, Vitaly Churkin, memberitahu pemberita pada hari Isnin.

21:26 GMT:
Belanda telah bersetuju untuk mengambil peranan utama dalam penyiasatan pesawat Malaysia Airlines, Menteri Luar negara Frans Timmermans berkata pada mesyuarat Majlis Keselamatan PBB, laporan Itar-Tass. Penyiasat Belanda akan bekerjasama rapat dengan negara-negara lain, PBB, dan ICAO.

21:44 GMT:
Russia welcomes the Netherlands’ decision to take on the leading role in the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash and is hoping for objectivity, Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, told reporters on Monday.

21:26 GMT:
The Netherlands has agreed to take the lead role in the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines plane, the country’s Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said at the UN Security Council meeting, reports Itar-Tass. Dutch investigators will work in close cooperation with other countries, the UN, and ICAO.

Menteri Luar Belanda Frans Timmermans bercakap selepas undi 21 Julai 2014 di PBB (Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans speaks after a vote July 21, 2014 at the United Nations (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

19:14 GMT:
Majlis Keselamatan PBB sebulat suara meluluskan resolusi yang diperkenalkan oleh Australia, menuntut akses antarabangsa ke Ukraine lokasi kemalangan timur Malaysia Airlines Penerbangan MH17.

Rusia tidak bergerak untuk menyekat UNSC Resolusi 2166.

"Kami telah terlibat secara aktif hari ini dengan delegasi Australia. Majlis Keselamatan telah disebut sendiri dalam kenyataan akhbarnya pada 18 itu, katanya ia mesti siasatan antarabangsa tidak berat sebelah. Itulah apa yang kita cari dalam resolusi itu, jika ini adalah tidak berat sebelah, siasatan antarabangsa, sudah tentunya kita akan menyokongnya, "Duta Rusia ke PBB Vitaly Churkin kepada pemberita sebelum undi.

Draf resolusi penuh mengutuk bencana, yang dipanggil untuk akses segera ke lokasi kemalangan dan menuntut siasatan bebas.

Duta Rusia ke Pertubuhan Bangsa-Vitaly Churkin bercakap pada mesyuarat di ibu pejabat PBB di New York, 21 Jul 2014 (Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks during meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York, July 21, 2014 (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

19:14 GMT:
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution, introduced by Australia, demanding international access to the eastern Ukraine crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.

Russia did not move to block UNSC Resolution 2166.

"We have been engaged very actively today with the Australian delegation. The Security Council has already pronounced itself in its press statement on the 18th, it said it must be impartial international investigation. That's what we are looking for in the resolution, if this is impartial, international investigation, of course we are going to support it,” Russia's Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin told reporters before the vote.

The full draft resolution condemned the disaster, called for immediate access to the crash site and demanded an independent investigation.


'Kiev perlu MENJAWAB banyak Soalan2' seperti PBB menggesa antarabangsa Bukti KEMALANGAN MH17 - Moscow



Srikandi גבורה Majlis Keselamatan PBB telah mengutuk menenggak penerbangan Malaysia Airlines MH17 ke atas Ukraine & dipanggil utk siasatan antarabangsa dalam kejadian itu dalam resolusi yang diterima sebulat suara.

Semua negeri 15 anggota mengundi untuk meluluskan resolusi Australia-cadangan, mengutuk "kerasnya" kemalangan pesawat Malaysia pada 17 Julai di rantau Donetsk dari Ukraine, yang menyebabkan 298 orang mati.

Ikuti Malaysia Airlines MH17 nahas kapal terbang di Ukraine LIVE TERKINIFollow Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in Ukraine LIVE UPDATES

PBB juga menggesa satu "penuh, menyeluruh dan bebas siasatan antarabangsa" dalam kejadian itu. Resolusi itu juga meminta ‘self-defense forces’ tempatan untuk kerjasama, seperti mengelakkan "dari apa-apa tindakan yang boleh menjejaskan integriti lokasi kemalangan."

Duta PBB Rusia, Vitaly Churkin, berkata beliau gembira bahawa Pertubuhan Pener-bangan Awam Antarabangsa (ICAO) akan mempunyai peranan yang penting semasa siasatan dan mengalu-alukan fakta bahawa Belanda akan mengambil peranan utama juga.

"Kita tidak boleh hanya membenarkan Majlis Keselamatan untuk menyokong siasatan Ukraine diterajui kerana kita tidak mempunyai kepercayaan dalam niat mereka untuk menjalankan penyiasatan benar-benar objektif," Churkin kepada pemberita selepas resolusi itu.

‘Kiev will have to Answer many QUESTIONS’ as UN urges intl MH17 CRASH probe - Moscow

The UN Security Council has condemned the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and called for an international probe into the incident in a unanimously adopted resolution.

All 15-member states voted to pass the Australia-proposed resolution, condemning “in the strongest terms” the crash of Malaysian plane on July 17 in Donetsk region of Ukraine, which resulted in 298 people dead.


The UN also urged a "full, thorough and independent international investigation" into the incident. The resolution also asked local self-defense forces for their cooperation, such as avoiding “from any actions that may compromise the integrity of the crash site.”

Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said he was pleased that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will have an important role during the investigation and welcomed that fact that the Netherlands will take on the leading role as well.

"We could not simply allow the Security Council to endorse a Ukrainian-led investigation because we have no trust in their intention to conduct a truly objective investigation," Churkin told reporters following the resolution.

Security Council condemns downing of Malaysian airliner, calls for international probe http://ow.ly/zpYVe  @UN

Ukraine akan perlu menjawab banyak soalan-soalan dlm penyiasatan antarabangsa, Churkin berkata dlm ucapannya di Majlis Keselamatan PBB, sambil menambah bahawa Kiev menyebarkan maklumat palsu yang didakwa menghubungkan ‘self-defense forces’ dengan menenggak pesawat.

"Sepanjang siasatan Ukraine akan perlu menjawab banyak soalan2: kira-kira tindakan pengawal trafik udara, sebab-sebab pergerakan salah satu sistem peluru berpandu Ukraine Buk pada 17 Julai sebelah kawasan yang dikawal oleh militia. Mengapa sistem pertahanan peluru berpandu ini telah dipindahkan serta-merta selepas kemalangan kapal terbang tersebut? Mengapa pada 17 Julai radar pertahanan udara Ukraine yang berjalan pada intensiti maksimum? "Kata Churkin.

Ukraine will have to answer a lot of questions during the international investigation, Churkin said during his speech at the UN Security Council, adding that Kiev spread fake information allegedly connecting the self-defense forces to the downing of the plane.

“Throughout the investigation Ukraine would have to answer many questions: about the actions of its air traffic controllers, the reasons for the movement of one of the Ukrainian Buk missile systems on July 17 right next to the area controlled by the militias. Why this missile defense system was moved immediately after the airplane crash? Why on July 17 Ukrainian air defense radar worked at the maximum intensity?” Churkin said.

Serpihan dilihat di tapak Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 kemalangan pesawat Khamis berhampiran penyelesaian Grabovo, di rantau Donetsk 18 Julai 2014 (Debris is seen at the site of Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo, in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014 (Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev)

Menteri Luar Australia Julie Bishop memberitahu Majlis Keselamatan bahawa kete-tapan itu adalah "tindak balas yang jelas daripada masyarakat antarabangsa dengan sesuatu perbuatan yang benar-benar buruk."

Beliau juga menggalakkan Rusia untuk menggunakan pengaruhnya di kawasan itu untuk memastikan ‘self-defense forces’ mematuhi permintaan PBB untuk kerjasama.

Belanda bersetuju dengan Australia. "Saya berharap bahawa Rusia kini akan berasa tanggungjawabnya, bertindak atas tanggungjawabnya. Jika tidak, ia akan mempunyai kedudukan yang semakin terpencil dalam DUNIA antarabangsa, "kata Menteri Luar Belanda Frans Timmermans, yang mengembara ke New York untuk mesyuarat Majlis Keselamatan.

Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin dibincangkan logistik penyiasatan antarabangsa ke dalam menenggak daripada pesawat Malaysia dengan Perdana Menteri Belanda Mark Rutte dalam perbualan telefon, menurut kenyataan Kremlin diterbitkan awal pada hari Selasa. Kedua-dua pemimpin yang memuji resolusi yang terima pakai oleh Majlis Keselamatan PBB untuk menyiasat kemalangan itu.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told the Security Council that the resolution is an "unambiguous response from the international community to an utterly deplorable act."

She also encouraged Russia to use its influence in the area to make sure self-defense forces comply with the UN’s request for cooperation.

The Netherlands agreed with Australia. “I hope that Russia will now feel its responsibility, act on its responsibility. If it doesn't, it's going to have an increasingly isolated position in the international world," said Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, who traveled to New York for the Security Council meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the logistics of the international investigation into the downing of the Malaysian plane with the Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte during a telephone conversation, according to a Kremlin statement published early on Tuesday. Both leaders praised the adopted resolution by the UN Security Council to investigate the crash.


10 lagi SOALAN-soalan tentera Rusia menimbulkan ke Ukraine, Amerika Syarikat ke atas kemalangan MH17

Ketua Staf Jeneral Angkatan Tentera Leftenan Jeneral Andrey Kartopolov (kiri) dan Ketua Tentera Udara Kakitangan Utama Leftenan Jeneral Igor Makushev (kanan) pada sidang media di Moscow, 21 Julai (Head of General Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Andrey Kartopolov ( left) and chief of the Air Force Main Staff Lt. Gen. Igor Makushev ( right) at a media conference in Moscow, July 21 (RIA Novosti/Vadim Savitsky)

Srikandi גבורה Rusia tlh mengeluarkan data pengawasan tentera, yg menunjukkan Kiev jet tentera menjejaki pesawat MH17 sejurus sebelum kemalangan - dan menim-bulkan satu lagi set soalan-soalan untuk Ukraine dan Amerika Syarikat ke atas hal keadaan tragedi itu.

Pegawai tentera - Ketua Staf Jeneral Angkatan Tentera Leftenan Jeneral Andrey Kartopolov dan ketua Tentera Udara Kakitangan Utama Leftenan Jeneral Igor Makushev - diajukan beberapa soalan utk Kiev & Washington mengenai kemungkinan punca malapetaka di Timur Ukraine yang mengorbankan hampir 300 orang Khamis lepas.

1. Kenapa pesawat MH17 yang meninggalkan koridor antarabangsa?

"Sila ambil perhatian bahawa pesawat itu tinggal di dalam koridor tersebut sehingga ianya sampai ke Donetsk tetapi kemudian ia menyimpang dari laluan ke utara," kata Kartopolov.

2. Telah MH17 meninggalkan laluan kesilapan pelayaran atau adalah anak-anak kapal yang mengikut arahan oleh pengawal trafik udara Ukraine di Dnepropetrovsk?

"Sisihan maksimum dari sempadan kiri koridor adalah 14 km. Berikutan itu, kita dapat melihat pesawat manuver untuk kembali ke koridor, namun anak-anak kapal Malaysia tidak berpeluang untuk melengkapkan gerakan itu. Pada 17.20, pesawat itu mula kehilangan kelajuan, dan pada 17.23 ia hilang dari radar Rusia."

3. Mengapa kumpulan besar sistem pertahanan udara dikerahkan 
ke kawasan-yang dipegang militia jika ‘self-defense forces’ tidak mempunyai kapal terbang?

"Setakat yang kita tahu, tentera Ukraine mempunyai 3 atau 4 batalion pertahanan udara dilengkapi dengan sistem Buk-M1 SAM dikerahkan di sekitar Donetsk pada hari kemalangan itu. Sistem ini mampu mencecah sasaran dlm julat 35 km pd ketinggian sehingga 22 km."

10 more QUESTIONS Russian military pose to Ukraine, US over MH17 CRASH  . . .

Russia has released military monitoring data, which shows Kiev military jets tracking the MH17 plane shortly before the crash - and posed yet another set of questions to Ukraine and the US over the circumstances of the tragedy.

Military officials – chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Andrey Kartopolov and chief of the Air Force Main Staff Lt. Gen. Igor Makushev - posed a number of questions to Kiev and Washington concerning the possible causes of the catastrophe in Eastern Ukraine that killed almost 300 people last Thursday.

1. Why did the MH17 plane leave the international corridor?

“Please note that the plane stayed within the corridor until it reached Donetsk but then it deviated from the route to the north,” said Kartopolov.

2. Was MH17 leaving the route a navigation mistake or was the crew following instructions by Ukrainian air traffic controllers in Dnepropetrovsk?

“The maximum deviation from the left border of the corridor was 14 km. Following that, we can see the plane maneuvering to return to the corridor, yet the Malaysian crew did not get a chance to complete the maneuver. At 17.20, the plane began to lose speed, and at 17.23 it disappeared from Russian radars.”

3. Why was a large group of air defense systems deployed to the militia-held area if the self-defense forces have no planes?

“As far as we know, the Ukrainian military had three or four air defense battalions equipped with Buk-M1 SAM systems deployed in the vicinity of Donetsk on the day of the crash. This system is capable of hitting targets within the range of 35 km at the altitude of up to 22 km.”

Unit pertahanan peluru berpandu Buk di Wilayah Donetsk, 5km utara bandar Donetsk, pada 14 Julai, 2014 (Buk missile defense units in Donetsk Region, 5km north of Donetsk city, on July 14, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

4 Mengapa Kiev menggunakan Buk sistem peluru berpandu 
sebelah kawasan militia terkawal ke depan tragedi itu?

"Kami mempunyai gambar-gambar satelit dari tempat di mana Ukraine mempunyai unit pertahanan udara yang dikerahkan di bahagian tenggara negara ini. Yang pertama 3 gambar telah dibuat pada 14 Julai yang pertama menunjukkan gambar pelancar Buk 8 km barat laut Lugansk.

Anda boleh melihat dengan jelas yang TELAR dan 2 TELs. Gambar kedua menunjukkan radar 5 km utara Donetsk. Anda boleh melihat 2 tar bersama-sama dengan peralatan lain dan struktur teknikal.

Gambar yang ke-3 menunjukkan sistem pertahanan udara utara Donetsk. Anda boleh melihat dengan jelas yang TELAR pelancar dan kira-kira 60 kenderaan tentera dan bantuan, khemah-khemah untuk kenderaan dan struktur lain.

"Berikut adalah gambar kawasan yang sama dibuat pada 17 Julai Sila ambil perhatian bahawa pelancar telah hilang. Gambar yang ke-5 menunjukkan bateri peluru berpandu Buk di Kampung Zaroshchenskoye 50 km timur Donetsk dan 8 km selatan Shakhtyorsk pada pagi hari yang sama. Gambar yang ke-6 menunjukkan kawasan yang sama pada 18 Julai Seperti yang anda lihat, telah meninggalkan bateri."

4. Why did Kiev deploy Buk missile system right next to the militia-controlled area straight ahead of the tragedy?

“We have satellite photos of the places where Ukraine had its air defense units deployed in the southeastern parts of the country. The first three photos were made on July 14. The first photo shows Buk launchers 8 km northwest of Lugansk. You can clearly see a TELAR and two TELs.

The second photo shows radars 5 km north of Donetsk. You can see two TARs along with other equipment and technical structures. The third photo shows air defense systems north of Donetsk.

You can clearly see a TELAR launcher and about 60 military and auxiliary vehicles, tents for vehicles and other structures.

“Here’s a photo of the same area made on July 17. Please note that the launcher has disappeared. The fifth photo shows a battery of Buk missiles at the village of Zaroshchenskoye 50 km east of Donetsk and 8 km south of Shakhtyorsk on the morning of the same day. The sixth photo shows the same area on July 18. As you can see, the battery has left.”

Tiada unit pertahanan Buk peluru berpandu di Donetsk Wilayah, 5km utara bandar Donetsk, pada Julai 17, 2014 (No Buk missile defense units in Donetsk Region, 5km north of Donetsk city, on July 17, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

5. Pada hari kemalangan Kiev meningkat aktiviti di radar 9S18 Kupol-M1, yang merupakan sebahagian daripada sistem Buk di kawasan tersebut. Mengapa?

"Juga, 17 Julai menyaksikan peningkatan aktiviti di pihak Kupol-M1 9S18 radar Ukraine, yang merupakan sebahagian daripada sistem Buk itu. Di sini pada carta ini anda melihat bahawa terdapat tujuh radar yang beroperasi pada 15 Julai, lapan radar yang beroperasi pada 16 Julai, dan 9 radar yang beroperasi pada 17 Julai di kawasan itu.

Kemudian, bermula dengan 18 Julai, keamatan aktiviti radar radikal menurun, dan kini terdapat tidak lebih daripada 2 atau 3 radar beroperasi sehari. Sebab di sebalik ini masih belum dijumpai."

6. Apa kah yang kapal terbang tentera melakukan di laluan 
yang dicadangkan untuk penerbangan awam?

"Terdapat 3 pesawat awam di kawasan itu melakukan penerbangan biasa mereka pada masa ini. Terdapat penerbangan dari Copenhagen ke Singapura pada 17:17, terdapat penerbangan dari Paris ke Taipei pada 17:24, dan kemudian terdapat penerbangan dari Amsterdam ke Kuala Lumpur."

"Selain itu, sistem pemantauan Rusia mencatatkan bahawa terdapat jet Tentera Udara Ukraine, mungkin kah Su-25, memanjat dan menghampiri Boeing Malaysia."

"Su-25 adalah 3 - 5 km dari kapal terbang Malaysia. Su-25 mampu mendaki ke ketinggian 10,000 meter untuk tempoh yang singkat. Persenjataan standard termasuk R60 udara-ke-udara peluru berpandu, yang mampu mengunci dan memukul sasaran daripada 12 km dan yang dijamin untuk memukul sasaran dari jarak 5 km."

5. On the day of the crash Kiev increased activity on its Kupol-M1 9S18 radars, which are components of the Buk system in the area. Why?

“Also, July 17 saw increased activity on the part of Ukraine’s Kupol-M1 9S18 radars, which are part of the Buk system. Here on this chart you see that there were seven radars operating on July 15, eight radars operating on July 16, and nine radars operating on July 17 in the area.

Then, starting with July 18, the intensity of radar activities radically decreased, and now there are no more than two or three radars operating a day. The reason behind this is yet to be found.”

6. What was a military plane doing on the route intended 
for civilian flights?

“There were three civilian planes in the area performing their regular flights at this time. There was a flight from Copenhagen to Singapore at 17:17, there was a flight from Paris to Taipei at 17:24, and then there was the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.”

“Also, Russian monitoring systems registered that there was a Ukrainian Air Force jet, probably Su-25, climbing and approaching the Malaysian Boeing.”

“The Su-25 was 3-5 km away from the Malaysian plane. Su-25 is capable of climbing to the altitude of 10,000 meters for a short period of time. Its standard armament includes R60 air-to-air missiles, which are capable of locking and hitting targets from 12 km and which are guaranteed to hit the target from the distance of 5 km.”

(RIA Novosti/Vadim Savitsky)

7. Mengapa jet tentera terbang pada masa yang hampir sama 
dan ketinggian yang sama dengan pesawat penumpang?

"Pada 17: 21'35, dengan halaju [Boeing ini] telah menurun kepada 200 kilometer sejam, markah mengesan objek di udara muncul di tempat kemusnahan Boeing ini. Objek udara baru ini telah mengesan secara berterusan untuk jangka masa 4 minit oleh stesen radar Ust-Donetsk dan Buturinskaya.

Seorang pengawal trafik udara diminta ciri-ciri objek di udara yang baru, tetapi tidak mampu untuk mendapatkan apa-apa bacaan pada parameternya - kemungkinan besar kerana fakta bahawa pesawat baru itu tidak dilengkapi dengan transponder radar pengawasan menengah, yang merupakan ciri yang tersendiri pesawat tentera, "kata Makushev.

"Mengesan pesawat baru menjadi mungkin kerana ia mula naik. Perubahan seterusnya dalam koordinat objek di udara ini menunjukkan bahawa ia berada di atas laman Boeing 777 itu terhempas, pemantauan keadaan.

"Pegawai-pegawai Ukraine awal mendakwa bahawa tidak ada pesawat tentera Ukraine di kawasan kemalangan hari itu. Seperti yang anda lihat, ianya adalah tidak benar."

8. manakah pelancar - dari video yang disebarkan oleh media Barat dan menunjukkan sistem Buk dipindahkan didakwa dari Ukraine ke Rusia - datang? Video itu dibuat di wilayah yang dikuasai Kiev, di mana pelancar telah diangkut?

"Saya ingin mengatakan bahawa maklumat yang kami telah dibentangkan di sini adalah berdasarkan kepada objektif dan boleh dipercayai data dari pelbagai sistem teknikal - tidak seperti tuduhan-tuduhan tidak berasas yang dibuat terhadap Rusia," kata Kartopolov.

7. Why was the military jet flying at almost the same time and the same altitude with a passenger plane?

“At 17:21’35, with [the Boeing’s] velocity having dropped to 200 kilometers per hour, a new mark detecting an airborne object appears at the spot of the Boeing’s destruction. This new airborne object was continuously detected for the duration of four minutes by the radar stations Ust-Donetsk and Buturinskaya.

An air traffic controller requested the characteristics of the new airborne object, but was unable to get any readings on its parameters – most likely due to the fact that the new aircraft was not equipped with a secondary surveillance radar transponder, which is a distinctive feature of military aircraft,” said Makushev.

“Detecting the new aircraft became possible as it started to ascend. Further changes in the airborne object’s coordinates suggest that it was hovering above the Boeing 777’s crash site, monitoring of the situation.

“Ukrainian officials earlier claimed that there were no Ukrainian military aircraft in the area of the crash that day. As you can see, that is not true.”

8. Where did the launcher – from the video circulated by 
Western media and showing a Buk system being moved allegedly from Ukraine to Russia – come from? As the video was made on the territory controlled by Kiev, where was the launcher being transported?

“I’d like to say that the information we have presented here is based on objective and reliable data from various technical systems – unlike the groundless accusations made against Russia,” said Kartopolov.



"Sebagai contoh, media mengedarkan video kononnya menunjukkan sistem Buk dipin-dahkan dari Ukraine ke Rusia. Ini jelas fabrikasi.

Video ini dibuat di bandar Krasnoarmeisk, seperti yang dibuktikan oleh papan iklan yang anda lihat di latar belakang, mengiklankan jualan kereta pada 34 Dnepropetrovsk Street. Krasnoarmeysk telah dikawal oleh tentera Ukraine sejak 11 Mei"

“For example, media circulated a video supposedly showing a Buk system being moved from Ukraine to Russia. This is clearly a fabrication.

This video was made in the town of Krasnoarmeisk, as evidenced by the billboard you see in the background, advertising a car dealership at 34 Dnepropetrovsk Street. Krasnoarmeysk has been controlled by the Ukrainian military since May 11.”

9 Di manakah ia sekarang? Kenapa beberapa peluru berpandu hilang pada pelancar? Bilakah kali terakhir peluru berpandu telah dilancarkan daripadanya?

9. Where is it right now? Why are some of the missiles missing on the launcher? When was the last time a missile was launched from it?

Screenshot daripada video yang dipaparkan di Kementerian Ukraine akaun Negeri, menunjukkan sistem Buk kononnya dipindahkan dari Ukraine ke Rusia dengan 2 daripada 3 peluru berpandu (Screenshot from video posted on Ukraine’s Ministry of Interior account, showing a Buk system supposedly being moved from Ukraine to Russia with two out of three missiles).

10. Mengapa tidak pegawai Amerika Syarikat mendedahkan bukti yang menyokong dakwaan bahawa MH17 telah ditembak jatuh oleh peluru berpandu yang dilancarkan oleh militia?

"Pegawai Amerika Syarikat mendakwa mereka mempunyai gambar-gambar satelit membuktikan pesawat Malaysia telah ditembak jatuh oleh peluru berpandu yang dilancarkan oleh militia.

Tetapi tiada siapa yang melihat gambar-gambar ini setakat ini. Setakat yang kita tahu, memang merupakan satelit Amerika Syarikat terbang di atas tenggara Ukraine pada 17 Julai 17:06-17:21 masa Moscow.

"Satelit ini adalah sebahagian daripada sistem eksperimen yang direka untuk mengesan dan memantau pelancaran peluru berpandu pelbagai julat. Jika rakan-rakan Amerika kita mempunyai imej dari satelit ini, mereka harus melepaskannya untuk masyarakat antarabangsa untuk memeriksanya secara terperinci.

Ini mungkin satu kebetulan, tetapi satelit Amerika Syarikat terbang di atas Ukraine tepat pada masa yang sama apabila pesawat Malaysia terhempas."

10. Why haven’t US officials revealed the evidence supporting claims that the MH17 was shot down by a missile launched by the militia?

“US officials claim they have satellite photographs proving the Malaysian airliner was shot down by a missile launched by the militia. But no one has seen these photographs so far. As far as we know, there was indeed a US satellite flying over southeastern Ukraine on July 17 from 17:06 to 17:21 Moscow time.

“This satellite is part of an experimental system designed to track and monitor the launches of missiles of various ranges. If our US colleagues have imagery from this satellite, they should release it for the international community to examine it in detail. This may be a coincidence, but the US satellite flew over Ukraine at exactly the same time when the Malaysian airliner crashed.”

Buk unit peluru berpandu pertahanan di Zaroschinskoe, 50km selatan bandar Donetsk dan 8km selatan Shakhtyorsk, pada 17 Julai, 2014.Photo ihsan Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia (Buk missile defense units in Zaroschinskoe, 50km south of Donetsk city and 8km south of Shakhtyorsk, on July 17, 2014.Photo courtesy of the Russian Defense Ministry).

Ini bukan kali pertama Russia membawakan naik soalan-soalan ‘brings up questions’ mengenai kemalangan pesawat. Tiada penjelasan yang telah mengikuti dengan Kiev menegaskan mereka mempunyai bukti yang penuh dengan Rusia berada di belakang serangan itu, tetapi setakat ini hanya melepaskan pita ‘tapes’.

Amerika Syarikat, meletakkan kesalahan pada ‘self-defense forces’, masih belum enggan untuk melepaskan apa-apa bahan perisikan. Pada Jabatan Negara Isnin Timbalan Jurucakap Marie Harf diterangkan kenyataan Rusia sebagai "propaganda dan mak-lumat yang salah" - tetapi apabila wartawan bertanya sama ada Washington akan melepaskan data perisikan dan satelit mereka, Harf hanya menjawab "berkenaan." Setakat ini Amerika Syarikat telah menyokong kenyataan dengan media sosial dan "akal."

This is not the first time Russia brings up questions on the plane crash. No explanations have followed with Kiev insisting they have full evidence of Russia being behind the attack, but so far only releasing tapes.

The USA, putting the blame on the self-defense forces, has yet refused to release any intelligence material. On Monday State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf described Russia’s statements as “propaganda and misinformation” - but when reporters asked her whether Washington would be releasing their intelligence and satellite data, Harf only replied "may be." So far the US has been backing its statements by social media and "common sense."