[lcedp]

Oh, it's simple. Separatists were posting how happy they were about bringing down the Ukrainian military plane. In some hours it turned out it was MH17, the messages were deleted then. (I've seen the post myself, not a screenshot).

[acqq]

How can you know if separatist on the internet are real rebel commanders or just some hotheads in their mommies' basements or (gasp) other intelligence agencies? How do you know that nobody took over their digital identities? We're on HN we all know how easy it is.

[lcedp]

I assume I know that since that account has a rich history of timely reports, quite a few with unique media content. The account is being continued to be filled with the same inside information which indicates it is unlikely to be hacked.