Malay Airliner shot down over Ukraine 295 dead

[NorthernRaider]

A Malasian Boing 777 with 295 people on board has been shot down by a BUK ground to air missile close to the Ukranian / Russian border. This could cause havoc in Europe. This may see the oil and gas get cut off.

NR

[Devonian]

Yes I was just reading about this and it doesn't look good at all!

This also follows the shooting down of another Ukrainian military jet yesterday.

The other fear is that this could even act as a catalyst for either Russian Troops entering Eastern Ukraine or even some kind of Western involvement to improve security in the region. But Putin was clearly miffed off with the latest sanctions introduced by the US yesterday, so who knows what he will do next...

[bigpaul]

I'm sorry but I don't understand this, RUSSIAN seperatists shoot down an unarmed civilian plane and RUSSIA is going to cut off the oil and gas????

[Sunna]

[Barneyboy]

a act of war .which is a worry

[NorthernRaider]

[bigpaul]

why don't we(the UK) mind our own business and let them sort it out themselves??

[Devonian]

why don't we(the UK) mind our own business and let them sort it out themselves??

I know what you mean BP, but the problem here is that this does involve us (and many other countries).

It's looking increasingly like Russia was heavily involved, if not instrumental in what has happened, so should they be allowed to get away with murdering innocent civilians? Apparently 25% of the passengers were children.

This whole situation seems to be growing and Russia is not backing down or trying to deescalated it in anyway, First it was Crimea; then it was covertly supporting the separatists; now it's looking increasingly like Russia wants Eastern Ukraine and will do whatever it can to take it.

And then what follows that..... Estonia; Latvia; Georgia; Poland; Hungary - take your pick!

It has been reported in the last few days that Russia has again been massing armed forces in the region and Putin will clearly do whatever he wants.

It this incident goes unchecked, Putin will feel invincible and who knows, it could be the start of more state sponsored terrorism - just hypotheses I know, but the worry is things could 'easily' escalate from here.

Increases in food and energy costs are probably the least of our worries.

[NorthernRaider]

bigpaul
RE: Malay Airliner shot down over Ukraine 295 dead
why don't we(the UK) mind our own business and let them sort it out themselves??

Prolly because
(A) There was 9 Brits on the plane
(B) We get much of our wheat grain for our bread and animal feed, plus much of our natural gas from that area.

[Tigs]

we don't buy Russian gas ! ours is shipped in from Qatar its Europe that has to worry!