# Incident I00029: MH17 investigation

* **Summary:** Since the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on 17 July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board… wreckage of the aircraft fell near Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 40 km (25 mi) from the border.The shoot-down occurred in the War in Donbass, during the Battle of Shakhtarsk, in an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels. This has proven to be an ongoing example of Russia and their proxies ability to wage a disinformation campaign, and exemplify the use of the 4 D’s (dismiss, distort, distract, and dismay) 

* **incident type**: campaign

* **Year started:** 2016

* **Countries:** Russia , Ukraine

* **Found via:** OII

* **Date added:** 2019-02-24
 

| Technique | Description given for this incident |
| --------- | ------------------------- |
| [T0010 Cultivate ignorant agents](../generated_pages/techniques/T0010.md) | IT00000084 cultivate, manipulate, exploit useful idiots |
| [T0019 Generate information pollution](../generated_pages/techniques/T0019.md) | IT00000082 RT & Sputnik generate information pollution (synthetic media) |
| [T0040 Demand insurmountable proof](../generated_pages/techniques/T0040.md) | IT00000089 Demand insurmountable proof |
| [T0046 Use Search Engine Optimization](../generated_pages/techniques/T0046.md) | IT00000085 SEO optimisation/manipulation ("key words") |


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