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The Kremlin has declined to comment on the contradictory statements of the Russian Defense Ministry about the alleged presence of a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet in close proximity to the Malaysian Boeing shortly before the crash.

Asked by an UNIAN reporter, why the Russian generals said two years ago that they had seen a Ukrainian Su-25 on their radar screens close to MH17, and now, referring to the same radar data, they say that any airborne side objects that could cause the destruction of the aircraft were not observed in the area of a disaster, Peskov said that he could not answer this question.

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