> We'll never know 100% but Ukraine controlled the air so only the rebels had motive to shoot down planes, and had bragged about it on social media. At the tim

> We'll never know 100% but Ukraine controlled the air so only the rebels had motive to shoot down planes, and had bragged about it on social media. At the time, Kiev was complaining that Russia was sending out spy planes into its territory. Knowing the state of the Ukrainian military, to me it's much more likely that they mistaken the plane for something it was not and shot it down.