Russian involvement in shooting down MH17 was known from the start

The Kyiv Post edition of 10 years ago -- the day after 298 people lost their lives -- made it clear even the day after the tragic crime.

This is Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner’s summary of the July 18, 2014, edition, which can be read here in PDF format:

Very late tonight with the tragic news that could finally spur the West to impose tough sanctions against Russia, whose agents are suspected of shooting down a civilian jetliner carrying 298 passengers. Intercepted phone calls by Ukraine's security services show conversations between the Kremlin-backed separatists in Ukraine and Russian military intelligence agents, talking about the downing of a plane that they later discovered was a civilian aircraft -- not a military one, as they thought. There are other stories, of course, but nothing that compares to the loss of 298 innocent lives. Our editorials on the opinion pages call for the world to finally get tough on Vladimir Putin and end his war machine.