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Russia has satellite pictures of Ukrainian air defense positions in the area where the Malaysian Airlines Boeing crashed, Russian Joint Staff Main Operations Directorate Chief, Lieutenant General Andrei Kartopolov said at a Russian Defense Ministry briefing.

“We have satellite pictures of certain sites where the Ukrainian
army’s air defense means are positioned in the southeast of the country.
The first three photographs are dated July 14. The first picture shows
Buk air defense system launchers eight kilometers north-west of
Luhansk,” Kartopolov said.

The picture depicts well a self-propelled launcher and two launch vehicles, he said.