Russia invaded Crimea with military troops, overthrowing local government. Forces they funneled military hardware to in Ukraine then used a BUK anti-air system on a civilian airliner that had it's transponder on.
Don't try to dismiss this as "geopolitics" as if it was some nebulous unknowable cloud that removes Russia's culpability in the murder of civilians during war aggression.
The victims of MH17 were international[1]. This is not a case of "poor Ukraine suffering under a mysterious cloud of geopolitics."
Russia invaded Crimea with military troops, overthrowing local government. Forces they funneled military hardware to in Ukraine then used a BUK anti-air system on a civilian airliner that had it's transponder on.
Don't try to dismiss this as "geopolitics" as if it was some nebulous unknowable cloud that removes Russia's culpability in the murder of civilians during war aggression.
The victims of MH17 were international[1]. This is not a case of "poor Ukraine suffering under a mysterious cloud of geopolitics."
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/18/mh17-anniversa...