Reconstruction

“Civilians were not hurt” – a reconstruction of the alleged Strelkov posts and their origins

September 23, 2016 // 10 Comments

by Summary Shortly after MH17 was downed on VKontakte a social media post surfaced in which Igor Ivanovich Strelkov allegedly bragged about the separatists having downed an AN-26 freighter plane, [...]

“If this is indeed a passenger liner, we didn’t do it” – first statements from separatist leaders and the evolvement of the Su-25 narrative

September 17, 2016 // 6 Comments

by Summary In the immediate aftermath of the downing of MH17 several separatist leaders made contradicting statements, ascribing the downing to both an Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet and the Ukrainian [...]

Reconstructing the arrival of the separatists at the crash sites of Grabovo and Rozsypne

September 14, 2016 // 75 Comments

by Summary MH17 was downed at 16:20:03 on July 17th, 2014. Soon after separatists went out to the area where the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 had fallen. By combining video and written sources it is [...]

DSB final report doubts: missing wreckage of cockpit roof

April 12, 2016 // 9 Comments

by There are quite a few of doubts on the DSB final report. In a series of blog post I will discuss them and try to find answers. Previous posts discussing doubts on the DSB report are: DSB final [...]

DSB final report doubts: damage of left wing and left engine nacelle

April 11, 2016 // 56 Comments

by In a series of posts I will discuss the different opinions of DSB versus Almaz Antey on the location of where the BUK missile was launched from and where it exploded. Basically DSB states the [...]

Anyone seen photo of STA 228.5 debris?

April 9, 2016 // 12 Comments

by Almaz Antey showed during the pressconference at October 132015 some interesting looking photos of debris. Some were taken from the reconstruction site at Gilze Rijen as they clearly show the [...]

What you see is all there is: re-examining the Oplot, Buk and Vostok convoys on July 17th, 2014

September 30, 2015 // 100 Comments

by This report on the Buk route was published September 30th, 2015. Revision of this report is due, following on a new article by Bellingcat’s Aric Toler about a sighting of the Buk in Donetsk [...]

Questions journalists should ask Dutch Safety Board (DSB) after release of final report on MH17

September 23, 2015 // 112 Comments

by I really like crowdsourcing. Using ideas, thoughts, opinions of multiple people to reach a goal. At October 13 Dutch Safety Board will publish the final report on MH17. It will document cause and [...]

How likely is a blue sky in Torez at July 17 around 12:30?

September 12, 2015 // 34 Comments

by One of the photos of the BUK enroute to its supposed launch location was made by an anonymous photographer in Torez. The exact location is near a petrol station at 48.023969, 38.614448. On [...]

Are the Paris Match photos of the BUK fake? Here are the indications.

September 11, 2015 // 48 Comments

by Paris Match published two photos of a BUK system loaded on a lowloader parked in Donetsk. Bellingcat concluded based on the damage of a piece of rubbber attached on the side of the BUK that this [...]

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