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DISINFO: Only Ukraine was in possession of the BUK that shot...

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: kp.ru ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: February 10, 2016
  • Countries / regions discussed: The Netherlands, Ukraine

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Peter Omtzigt Conspiracy theory MH17

DISINFO: Only Ukraine was in possession of the BUK that shot...

SUMMARY

Only Ukraine was in possession of the BUK that shot down MH17 at the moment of the tragedy, Dutch MP Peter Omtzigt quoted.

RESPONSE

Distorted quotation from one of the MH 17 reports. Peter Omtzigt reacted: "Some Russian media today seem to think that Ukraine had BUK systems in rebel held areas on July 17th 2014. That must be impossible." bit.ly/1KQDiVu, // There is a lot of open source evidence that the shot-down was carried out by a Buk held by pro-Russian forces: bit.ly/1VeCVoa,

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