Even if the missile was fired by pro-Russia rebels, that doesn't necessarily mean that the Russian government had any part of this. Ukraine is also an operator of the BUK system, so the rebels could have captured the SAM used to down the airliner from Ukrainian forces.
Again, assuming that the 777 was indeed shot down by a SAM, there are four possibilities as to who launched it:
1. The Russian military
2. The Ukrainian military
3. Rebels using equipment supplied by the Russia military
4. Rebels using equipment captured from the Ukrainian military
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