WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement.
Нет доказательств прямого участия российского правительства (в сбитии Боинга).
The intelligence officials were cautious in their assessment, noting that while the Russians have been arming separatists in eastern Ukraine, the U.S. had no direct evidence that the missile used to shoot down the passenger jet came from Russia.
Нет прямых доказательств, что пассажирский самолет сбит ракетой, поставленной Россией.
The officials briefed reporters Tuesday under ground rules that their names not be used in discussing intelligence related to last week's air disaster, which killed 298 people.
The plane was likely shot down by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the intelligence officials said, citing intercepts, satellite photos and social media postings by separatists, some of which have been authenticated by U.S. experts.
Самолет был, ВОЗМОЖНО, сбит ЗУР SA-11 (Бук), запущенной поддерживаемыми Россией сепаратистами… представители разведки упоминают перехваты, спутниковые снимки и посты сепаратистов в социальных сетях, НЕКОТОРЫЕ из которых были признаны подлинными американскими экспертами.
But the officials said they did not know who fired the missile or whether any Russian operatives were present at the missile launch.
Неизвестно, кто выпустил ракету, и присутствовали ли какие-либо российские операторы при этом пуске.
They were not certain that the missile crew was trained in Russia, although they described a stepped-up campaign in recent weeks by Russia to arm and train the rebels, which they say has continued even after the downing of the commercial jetliner.
Нет уверенности, что расчет комплекса проходил подготовку в России.
In terms of who fired the missile, "we don't know a name, we don't know a rank and we're not even 100 percent sure of a nationality," one official said, adding at another point, "There is not going to be a Perry Mason moment here."
The officials said the most likely explanation for why the plane was shot down is that the rebels made a mistake. Separatists previously had shot down 12 Ukrainian military airplanes, the officials said.
Наиболее вероятно, что самолет был сбит повстанцами ПО ОШИБКЕ.
The officials made clear they were relying in part on social media postings and videos made public in recent days by the Ukrainian government, even though they have not been able to authenticate all of it.
Официальные представители объяснили, что они основывались частично на публикациях в соцсетях и видеороликах, опубликованных в последние дни украинским правительством, несмотря на то, что ОНИ НЕ ИМЕЛИ ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ УБЕДИТЬСЯ В ИХ ПОДЛИННОСТИ.
For example, they cited a video of a missile launcher said to have been crossing the Russian border after the launch, appearing to be missing a missile. But later, under questioning, the officials acknowledged they had not yet verified that the video was exactly what it purported to be
Так например, они упомянули видео пусковой установки, про которую УТВЕРЖДАЛОСЬ, что она пересекает российскую границу после пуска, не имея одной из ракет. Но позднее, после расспросов, официальные представители разведки подтвердили, что они не проверяли, соответствует ли это видео тому, что про него утверждали.
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