Ukraine claims to have intercepted radio traffic from the groups who shot down the aircraft. The data will probably become part of the investigation into the plane crash.
Call 1:
IB (command within the separatist forces, SvD's note): We have just shot down a plane. That was "miner's group. It fell down beyond Yenakievo (Donetsk Oblast).
VG (IB Coordinator): Pilots. Where are the pilots?
IB: Gone to search for and photograph the plane. Its tuxedo.
VG: How many minutes ago?
IB: About 30 minutes ago.
Call 2 (about 40 minutes later):
"Greek": Well, what do you have there?
"Major": These are Chernukhin people who shot down the plane. From the Chernukhin check point. Those Who Are cossacks Based in Chernukhino.
"Greek": Yes, Major.
"Major": The plane fell apart in the air. In the area of Petropavlovskaya mine. The first "200" (code word for dead person). We have found the first "200". A Civilian.
"Greek": Well, what do you have there?
"Major": In short, it was 100 percent a passenger (civilian) aircraft.
'Greek': Are many people there?
"Major": Holy sh__t! The debris fell right into the yards (of homes).
"Greek": What kind of aircraft?
"Major": In this have not ascertained. I have not been to the main sight. I am only surveying the scene where the first bodies fell. There are the remains of internal brackets, seats and bodies.
"Greek": Is there anything left of the weapon?
"Major": Absolutely nothing. Civilian items, medicinal stuff, towels, toilet paper.
"Greek": Are there documents?
"Major": Yes, of one Indonesian student. From a university in (XXX, the name of the university removed by SvD).
Call 3:
Unknown: Regarding the plane shot down in the area of Snizhne-Torez. It's a civilian one. Fell down near Grabove. There are lots of corpses of women and children. The Cossacks are out there looking at all this. They say on TV it's AN-26 transport plane, but they say it's written Malaysia Airlines on the plane. What was it doing on Ukraine's territory?
NK (Cossack officers): That means They were carrying spies. They Should not Be f ... cking flying. There is a war going on.
http://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/flygk ... d?sidan=21
UKRAINE ACCUSES RUSSIAN OFFICERS OVER MALAYSIAN AIRLINE,
(Reuters) - Ukraine's state security chief accused two Russian military intelligence officers of involvement with pro-Russian rebels in the downing of a Malaysian airliner on Thursday, releasing chilling testimony of what he called an "inhuman crime."
SBU chief Valentyn Nalivaychenko based his allegation on intercepted telephone conversations between the two officers and pro-Russian fighters, one of whom referred to seeing "a sea of women and children" in the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.
"We will do everything for the Russian military who carried out this crime to be punished," Nalivaychenko told journalists, who were shown video and audio transcripts of the recordings.
"The terrorists will not go on dancing on corpses."
In a recording played to journalists of a conversation said to have taken place at 4.33 p.m. Kiev time (13:33 GMT), a rebel fighter going by the nom de guerre of 'Major' is heard telling another comrade called 'Grek' that a group of fighters had brought the airliner down.
"The plane broke up in the air, near the Petropavlovskaya mines. The first (casualty) has been found. It was a woman. A civilian," he says.
At 5.42 p.m. 'Major' acknowledges the plane was civilian:
"Hell. It's almost 100 percent certain that it's a civilian plane."
Asked if there were many people on board, he replies in the affirmative with a swear-word, adding: "The bits (of the plane) were falling down in the streets ... There were the bits of couches, chairs, bodies."
Asked if any weapons were found on board, 'Major' says: "No - Civilian things, medical things, towels, toilet paper."
He says ID documents of an Indonesian student had been found.
In another recording of an intercept, played to journalists, a Russian (military intelligence officer) called Igor Bezler is heard reporting on the downing to his superior in Russian military intelligence, Colonel Vasily Geranin.
"A plane has just been shot down. It was the 'Mine-laying' group ... They've gone to search and photograph the plane. It is smoking," Bezler tells Gernanin at 4.40 p.m.
Asked 'How long ago?' he replies: 'About 30 minutes ago.'
In a third conversation, a rebel fighter says: "It turned out to be a passenger plane. It fell in Hrabove area. There's a sea of women and children ..."
He adds: "But what was it (the Malaysian airlines flight) doing over Ukraine?"
The man he is talking to replies: "That means they've called up spies. No way to flights. This is war"
"Okay, understood," he replies.
"They discuss Russian saboteurs bringing down a passenger plane. They discuss the number of victims. We have fixed this conversation as taking place at 4.20. Now you know who carried out this inhuman crime against humanity," Nalivaychenko said.
"We will open up to all possible channels, the means of this crime being objectively investigated, and the officers of the Russian Federation who carried out this crime being punished."
(Editing by Andre Grenon)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/07/1 ... NK20140717
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