Ukraine (closed; covers till August 2014)

[OUTLAW 09]

Russia is having a hard day today---first they complain that the US is smearing the Russians in the media about them firing rockets and artillery into the Ukraine, then they flatly state that what was in the social media from Russian soldiers was fakes and lies, and then yesterday they demanded the US provide evidence about the rocket and artillery strikes.

Then yesterday after all of the Russian complaints the US releases overhead imagery which one can easily identify as coming from satellites of before and after shots of the strikes against a Ukrainian outpost along the border together with the burn marks left by the BM 21 firings and the craters amongst the outpost.

Now I know there is this thing called fog of war, but I hardly believe the Ukrainians shelled their own troops.

So now it begs the question if it was not the Russian Army who fired BM21s and artillery just how did the FSB and the Russian Federated Border Security Service know nothing about it---a glaring lack of security it seems on the part of Russia when someone can roll in a complete BM21 BN, fire and then depart---the same for the artillery fire--roll in set up fire and be gone.

Not sure Russia wants to admit that someone is carrying out a false flag attack from their sovereign territory against the Ukraine---maybe it was the CIA?

Now this today from Interfax:

07/28 16:06 U.S. images cannot serve as proof of Russia's responsibility for Ukraine shelling - ministry (Part 2)

[OUTLAW 09]

The site http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/ was the first mixed blogger/journalist effort in identifying the Buk and using OSINT to confirm the Buk, where it had been and it's removal back to Russia.

Today they have released an analysis done on a French journalist for Match that tracked down the trucking company in Donetsk that was used to move the Buk back to Russia---owner admits it was his truck -- "Claims the truck had been stolen"---wonder if the Russians returned it?

There is a new photo of the truck and the covered Buk that has not been seen before.

Then there is a good analysis done on the single photo showing the missile trail as it was fired---Russian bloggers/media have been disparately trying to disprove that single photo.

Lastly there is great analysis work on the rocket and artillery fire coming out of Russia and into the Ukraine.