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with armed personnel carrier, tanks, artillery, all of which crossed over from russia into the eastern part of ukraine and was turned over to the separatists. reporter: within minutes of flight 17 dropping off radar, the u.s. suspected a shootdown. experts narrowed in on two pieces of critical intelligence. first, a surface to air missile system had been in eastern ukraine. a moment later, a u.s. satellite captured the heat signature of a midair explosion. we detected a launch from that area and our trajectory shows that it went to the aircraft. reporter: the conclusion, a russian-supplied buk or surfa surface-to-air missile launcher shot down the plane.
launch from that area. and our tra jekt ri shows that it went to the aircraft. the conclusion? a russian supply boog surface-to-air missile launcher shot down the flight. the evidence? according to the information posted by the state department, posted by the youtube by the ukraine government, they were in possession of an sa-11 system as early as monday, july 14th. u.s. intelligence match those voices to other separatist recordings. the rebels claim to have shut down a military transport claim. when it became clear it was a passenger jet, social media posts were quickly deleted. then there was this. a quick shot of what is believed to be the missile launcher on its way back to russia. further evidence of a russian
reporter: the conclusion, russian supplied sa-11 surface-to-air missile launcher shot down the flight. evidence, u.s. verified telephone intercepts including the separatists had an sa-11 system as early as monday, july 13th. there may be more evidence, erin. u.s. intelligence identified a facility, a training camp, just across the border inside russia where it says separatists went to get trained on how to use these surface-to-air missile systems. barbara starr, thank you. now congressman eliot engel in ukraine monthes a gi. ago. you said this is quote, an act of terror. do you still stand by that? oh, yes. once we have fear among people of flying with be it is an act
surface-to-air missile launcher shot down the flight. the evidence, u.s. verified telephone intercepts concluded the separatists had an as-11 system as early as monday, july 14th. and furd evidence of a russian connection? u.s. intelligence has now identified a facility just across the border inside russia where rebel fighters have been trained on surface-to-air missile systems. barbara, so you listen to this evidence, this case has built quickly from the u.s. side. the type of missile they have where they believe it was fired from eastern ukraine and believe russia supplied the missile and may have trained. that s a pretty strong case. how confident do you find that the u.s. is that russia was involved in this? well, very confident, jim. everyone i ve talked to for the last several days is pointing to this mounting trail, this dossier of evidence, if you will, including satellite feeds,