The reference is the blog itself. The people that post there have been saying repeatedly that this blog is not Strelkov's blog. It is called "reports from Strelkov" because the official bulletins and reposts from Strelkov are being re-posted there. Such reports are marked with a dedicated banner which was not the case with this message. There are over 1300 posts in the blog, most are reports from locals who wish to stay anonymous but also hearsay and rumors as well. Which was ultimately the case with the plane. Basically, the locals have reported a plane crush and have sent photos. The blog's authors assumed that it was a military machine and got overly enthusiastic about it.

I've seen the reports about Buk missiles as well, I won't dismiss the version that the rebels did indeed shot the plane down. I'm just saying that the cited source is not Strelkov's blog because he has none.

It's not his blog either. It's a sympathizer's group blog which sometimes reposts his official bulletins. Those are marked with a banner. Other than that nothing in this blog is from Strelkov.

That is a rebel sympathizer's group called "reports from Strelkov". However, only posts with a dedicated banner are his actual reports, mostly there are some reports from locals with a lot of rumors and hearsay. Igor Strelkov has been blocked for a while in a city of Slavyansk, he did not have time to post all these 1300+ posts.

This is what happened with the plane: some locals have reported the crash, the moderators of the group assumed that it was a Ukrainian military plane and made such a post. Not Strelkov himself.

It's not the gun you are talking about, it's a pretty sophisticated missile system which also needs a radio locator station to operate. Besides, the separatists have to have trained personnel as well.

As for the alleged tweet: it is from a sympathizer's group which sometimes posts Strelkov's reports. That tweet is not from him and was based on hearsay. A plane goes down, locals tweet about it, the group assumes that this was a Ukrainian military plane.

There is a tweet from alleged ground control who was tracking the flight:
"El avión B 777 voló escoltado por 2 cazas de ukraine hasta minutos antes, de desaparecer de los radares"
My Spanish is a bit rusty, but it says something like "the flight B 777 was escorted by two Ukrainian fighters some minutes before disappearing from the radar". Don't know what to think of that. If true, then the Ukrainian Air Force at the very least knew that the plane was heading into the conflict zone.

Well, where can I get the money? If the same misinformation is repeated many times here, it's only fair if I clarify each topic starter.

This is a group in Russian social network Vkontakte, but he does not post there personally.
Sometimes the admins of the group translate his reports, but such reports have a dedicated banner. That is not the case here.

It's not him, he does not have social network accounts as he has repeatedly stated since the beginning of the war. This group sometimes re-translates Strelkov's reports but that was not one of them.

This is a group in Russian social network Vkontakte, but he does not post there personally. Sometimes the admins of the group translate his reports, but such reports have a dedicated banner which is not the case here.

Strelkov has no social network accounts.

Strelkov does not have a twitter account, he was telling this since the beginning of the conflict.

He claims to be a retired FSB colonel, not GRU. That means intelligence, not army special forces. I have not seen any evidence that he was with GRU.

Except that since the beginning of the conflict Igor Girkin aka Strelkov has repeatedly stated that he does not have any accounts in social networks.
Please, don't cite fakes.

Since the beginning of the conflict, Igor Girkin aka Strelkov has repeatedly stated that he does not have any accounts in social networks. Please, don't cite fakes.

It's KAL-007 all over again, the plane flew into the area with overzealous anti-air defence. But I still wonder how is it possible that in the era of GPS the planes still divert from the route by that much?

Previous to that, a tactical missile hit an appartment building with the military claiming that the missile in question has successfully hit the target even after parts of the missile were shown on TV.