Been reading news and trying to figure out what happened since December, when things between Ukraine and Russia started; I also have an Ukrainian friend who's really sensitive about the conflict. The rebels shot the plane, 75% sure. Why should they have shot it then? On one hand, we could say that some guy was mistaked by the shape of the plane and hit the button. Wich, pretty much, to me sounds strange: usually - even if an army is composed by farmers - they don't give farmers or fanatics weapons they can't use\are too cocky to use. So, it's really strange. Rebels and Russia are trying to maintain a low profile, so why shooting a civil plane? I'd say propaganda. Firstly, to confuse more people, for they will have more to argue about on a hypotetic peace table; secondly, who's dealing with the dead corpses? The rebels. Dealing themselves -not the ukrainian sovereignity, beware- is something really crucial. Think about it; a plane has fallen in rebels' territory, and they are dealing with it. This means that they now are behaving like an actual country, not anymore your usual bunch of terrorists or whatsoever. I'm not saying that they shot the plane for propaganda, but they may have done so. Or simply they grasped the opportunity.