MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels do not have the military equipment that could bring down a passenger aircraft, Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
"I can say only one thing: we just don't have the (military) equipment which could bring down a passenger Boeing, including this Malaysian plane," he was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
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