Flying a civilian plane at 10 km on its daily route is not &quot;provocation&quot;.<p>It seems we&#x27;ll keep seeing every attempt being made to shift the blame on Ukraine, not the ones who actually decided to pull the trigger. Russia is active in stopping an investigation to find out who it was. That tells me a lot.<p>Passenger planes routinely fly over conflict zones. A plane  flying at &gt;10 km cannot be mistaken for a fighter-bomber.  Unless the operators of BUK were, well, drunk, which is still what I suspect, but equally irresponsible.