What The Hell Just Happened Over The Skies Of Ukraine?

Dreadful and foreboding news: Malaysia Airlines Boeing with 295 aboard has been shot down over Ukraine, per Interfax. http://t.co/4LE5XrOmAW

— Ellen Barry (@EllenBarryNYT) July 17, 2014

Intended route of #MH17 http://t.co/fiBTxZ8m04 pic.twitter.com/IaUq0YCu2p

— Reuters Graphics (@ReutersGraphics) July 17, 2014

"Anti-terrorist operation" area was closed to civilian flights up to 7900 meters. The Malaysian airlines jet reportedly flying at 10,000 m

— Alec Luhn (@AlecLuhn) July 17, 2014

Malaysian Airlines flight #MH17 reported to have been shot down by BUK-M1 [aka SA-11] surface-to-air missile system pic.twitter.com/UWwFifWhZr

— NATOSource (@NATOSource) July 17, 2014

Needless to add, advanced mobile air defense systems like the Buk/SA-11 are not in the inventory of most "rebel groups" in the world.

— John Schindler (@20committee) July 17, 2014

AP journalists saw similar launcher “near the eastern Ukrainian town of Snizhne earlier Thursday.” http://t.co/SGLt9nRfJG

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) July 17, 2014

Another video of the smoke rising from crashsite of downed airliner over Ukraine http://t.co/f0a0rbWAWY

— gandalf greybeard (@gerrydogma) July 17, 2014

I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. We are launching an immediate investigation.

— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) July 17, 2014

#Ukraine's Prosecutor General's office: Policemen can't get to the crash site because the territory is under control of separatists

— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) July 17, 2014

Spoke to Ukraine separatist leader Tsarev. Says they don't have the weapons to take down #MH17. Hung up when asked about their BUK missiles

— Simon Shuster (@shustry) July 17, 2014

If the plane is shot down, which seems highly likely, the big question is by whom. Game changer for Ukraine-Russia conflict

— Olaf Koens (@obk) July 17, 2014