the separatists had a system like this as early as monday, july 14th. u.s. intelligence has identified a facility inside of russia where rebel fighters have been trained on surface-to-air missile systems. more than a dozen aircraft have been shot down in the last few months. that s more than previously acknowledged. could the ukrainians have shot down the commercial airliner? the u.s. says no. ukraine has the same weapons system used in this case but none were in the area at the time. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. petro poroshenko left the country for only six weeks. he told christiane amanpour has
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
first, a surface-to-air missile system had been turned on in a separatist controlled area in eastern ukraine. a memo later, a u.s. satellite captured the heat signature of a midair explosion. we know within hours of this event, this particular system passed through two towns right in the vicinity of the shoot down. we know because we observed it by imagery that at the moment of the shoot down we detected a launch from that area and our trajectory shows that it went to the aircraft. reporter: the conclusion, a russian-supplied buk surface-to-air missile launcher shot down the flight. the evidence, according to the analysis posted by the state department, intersepts of separatist communications posted on youtube by the ukrainian government indicate the separatists were in possession of an sa-11 system as early as monday july 14th. the sa-11, the western name for
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,
by the ukrainian government indicate the separatists were in possession of an sa-11 system as early as monday, july 14th. vsa-11, the western name for the buk. intelligence matched those voices to other separatist recordings. the rebels claim to have shot down a military transport plane. 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 buk missile launcher on its way back to russia. further evidence of a russian connection? u.s. intelligence has identified a facility in southwest russia where rebel fighters have been trained on surface-to-air missile systems. the u.s. also says more than a dozen aircraft were shot down over eastern ukraine in recent months, more than previously acknowledged. could the ukrainians have shot