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RUSSIA condemned attempts to use the shooting-down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine a year ago for “propaganda” at the UN security council on Monday.
Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin tabled a resolution saying “the establishment of the true causes of this aerial incident is critical for bringing those responsible to justice” and suggesting that the International Civil Aviation Organisation “could play a more active and appropriate role in this investigation.”
Mr Churkin told reporters after a meeting of the council: “The media is currently creating an atmosphere of heavy propaganda pressure.
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys
