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In reply to the discussion: Europe leaders warn Russia to get crash zone open [View all]Igel
(35,296 posts)"Comrades, I've put trusted military folk at the border crossings. Nothing will cross into Ukraine from the Russian side of the border, officially or unofficially, until the crash scene is secured and the investigators are allowed full and free access."
Because the night after MH17 was crashed, tanks and Grads rolled from Russia into rebel-held territory.
And the following night.
And the following night.
Rebels need the Grads, the truckoads of ammo and men, the APCs, the tanks to continue to fight.
For Putin, right now at the very least the insurgency is more important than the victims' families. He's lied so far about it and his folk have done everybody possible to blur the truth, making sure that those who want to believe in Russia's rightness can and those who believe Russia's wrong on this can't prove it beyond all doubt, and sometimes can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Putin counts on the West upholding many of the values that Putin despises, and he's good at manipulating people within their constraints.