'A decision has been made on the Russian side to hide their tracks. It will be hard to find the battery.'<blockquote>'Pro-Russia separatist groups in eastern Ukraine are hastily covering up all links to the Buk missile battery suspected to have been used to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, according to western-based defence and intelligence specialists.
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A Nato intelligence specialist quoted by the military analysts Janes said the recordings "show that the Russian 'helpers' realise that they now have an international incident on their hands – and they probably also gave the order for separatists to erase all evidence – including those internet postings. It will be interesting to see if we ever find this Buk battery again or if someone now tries to dump it into a river."
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Igor Sutyagin, a Russian military specialist at the London-based Royal United Services Institute, said he regarded the tape recordings as genuine, as well as postings on social media pointing the finger at pro-Russia separatists or Russia itself.
But getting evidence would be very difficult. He said: "A decision has been made on the Russian side to hide their tracks. It will be hard to find the battery." Satellites might have been able to catch something, but the trail from the missile would have been very short, Sutyagin said.'
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Cover-up: Ukraine rebels destroying all links to MH17 air atrocity, July 18, 2014</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
'..the attack on MH17 a crime .. Russian aggression .. “facilitating the killing of Australian citizens”.'''..Russia[n] .. Anti-Aircraft Weapons..' - 'Ukraine Separatist Leader Boasts Of Downing Plane' - '..Putin .. ICC..'</blockquote>