Leaked audio clips reveal the moment Russian rebels realise they have shot down flight MH17, Ukrainian intelligence agencies claim.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plunged six miles from the sky and crashed into a field in a ball of flames, killing all 295 on board – including up to six Brits.
Ukrainian rebels quickly denied they were behind the tragedy, which was also feared to have killed 80 children.
But moments after the plane crashed near the separatist stronghold village of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, rebel commander Igor Strelkov boasted his forces had shot down a Ukrainian air force Antonov-26.
He tweeted: “We just hit down An-26. We warned you… do not fly in ‘our sky’.
“And here is the video confirmation of the ‘bird dropping’.”
The message was deleted after it emerged the downed plane was a passenger jet.
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