General Staff of Lies

The head of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Lieutenant General Andrei Kartapolov, said that after the Boeing-777 Malaysian liner, shot down on July 17 over the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft flew. It is reported by ITAR-TASS. According to Kartapolov, the flight of the Su-25 will be shot on the frames of the Rostov CCTV Center.

“The set of heights of the Ukrainian Air Force by the Air Force by the Malaysian Boeing was recorded from 3 to 5 kilometers,” the general said. “We would like to get an answer to the question for what purpose the Ukrainian aircraft took the flight on the civilian highway and on the same echelon with the Malaysian Boeing.”

In addition, Kartapolov added, at the site of the liner’s destruction, data on the air facility were recorded, which barracks over the place of the disaster for about 4 minutes, controlling the situation.

The general also said that the Russian Ministry of Defense has space pictures with the location of Ukrainian air defense systems, which confirm that on July 17, one of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile systems "Buk" was moved to the area captured by terrorists. Kartapolov demonstrated these pictures to reporters. He noticed that in the photo, which, according to him, was taken on July 14 near Donetsk, a self -propelled fire installation of Ukrainian air defense was recorded, while in the picture taken there three days later, this installation is absent.

Kartapolov showed another photo in which "it can be seen that in the morning of the same day (July 17. - Ed.) In the area of ​​the village of Zarashchinskoye, which is 50 kilometers east of Donetsk and 8 kilometers south of Shakhtersk, the Buk battery was discovered.

"The question arises: why was the battery in this area near the territory controlled by the" militias "immediately before the tragedy?” General said in this regard. “The shooting of this area made on July 18 showed that the battery left the previously held position.” Kartapolov also said that it was by July 17 that the intensity of the operation of the radar stations of Ukrainian "beech" had increased.

The representative of the General Staff also rejected the accusations that Russia transferred its “beech” to the terrorists. Personnel transportation of air defense systems from Russia, widespread by the Ukrainian press, the general called the "obvious frauding of materials." "Pictures were carried out in the city of Krasnoarmeysk, which is confirmed by located near the road banner, which indicates the address of the car dealership on Dnepropetrovskaya Street, house 34," Kartapolov said, noting that Krasnoarmeysk was controlled by Ukraine since May 11.

The general also stated that on July 17 from 17:06 to 17:21 Moscow time - that is, at the very time when a disaster happened, a certain American experimental apparatus flew over the southeast of Ukraine, which tracks missile launches.