{"id":4161,"date":"2014-07-18T08:23:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T05:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2014-09-10T18:45:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:45:58","slug":"who-shot-down-malaysia-air-flight-17-over-eastern-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/who-shot-down-malaysia-air-flight-17-over-eastern-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Shot Down Malaysia Air Flight 17 Over Eastern Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My heart sunk today when I heard the news that a passenger airplane carrying 295 people had been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/content\/ukraine\/russian-involvement-suspected-in-crash-killing-295-356575.html\" target=\"_blank\">shot down<\/a> by surface to air missiles over Eastern Ukraine!<\/p>\n<p>Just when it seemed like the Ukrainian army was starting to makes some progress in removing the Russian separatists from their strongholds this happens!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1F4Fg03XCv4?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the terrible news broke, the Ukrainian government blamed the separatists for shooting down the plane. They even published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/europe\/100000003007434\/intercepted-audio-of-ukraine-separatists.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld\" target=\"_blank\">recorded phone conversations<\/a> with separatists leaders claiming responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Russian media also started to blame Ukrainian forces, saying that the separatists don&#8217;t have access to the Russian missiles that were used to bring down the Malaysian plane.<\/p>\n<p>What we know is that 295 innocent people are dead and that their plane was shot down by Russian made missiles over a separatist held area of Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So who really shot down the plane?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4162\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/who-shot-down-malaysia-air-flight-17-over-eastern-ukraine\/russian-misslel-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405657931&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"russian misslel-001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4162\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001.jpg\" alt=\"russian misslel-001\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honestly it doesn&#8217;t really matter at this point. &nbsp;Ukraine and Russian will continue to play the blame game and in the mean time more innocent people will die!<\/p>\n<p>This tragic incident points to a significant rise in tensions that don&#8217;t seem to be going away very soon. Over the past week Russia has also begun to blame Ukraine for several mortar shells that crossed the Russian border and even resulted in loss of life on the Russian side of the border!<\/p>\n<p>There is also evidence that Russia is once again building up more troops near the Ukrainian border. So if you thought things were cooling down in Ukraine over the past few weeks, you thought wrong. It seems that Moscow is looking for every reason to intervene and they are finding more than a few!<\/p>\n<h4>Join Us in Prayer!<\/h4>\n<p>Please join with us in continued prayer for Ukraine and for the families of all who lost loved ones on the Malaysia Air flight! This is a tragic moment for Ukraine and for the world!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how you can pray:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray for the families of those who died on Malaysia Flight 17.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the Ukrainian government as they try to bring peace and stability to Eastern Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the families of the 550 Ukrainian civilians and 270 Ukrainian military killed so far in this war.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the 86,000 refugees who have fled the war zones in Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/how-to-help-refugees-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">(Learn how you can help them here.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pray for our family as we prepare to fly to Ukraine in just three weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart sunk today when I heard the news that a passenger airplane carrying 295 people had been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/content\/ukraine\/russian-involvement-suspected-in-crash-killing-295-356575.html\" target=\"_blank\">shot down<\/a> by surface to air missiles over Eastern Ukraine!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/russian-misslel-001.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-157","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4028,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/churches-and-church-members-used-by-separatists-as-a-live-shield\/","url_meta":{"origin":4161,"position":0},"title":"Churches and Church Members Used By Separatists as a &#8220;Live Shield&#8221;","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"June 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continue to use terror tactics as they fight against the Ukrainian government. 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