WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. intelligence officials say they have no evidence of direct Russian government involvement in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
They say the passenger jet was likely felled by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and that Russia "created the conditions" for the downing by arming the separatists.
他们说飞机可能是被东乌克兰受俄罗斯支持的分裂分子用SA-11地对空导弹击落的，俄罗斯向分裂分子提供武器制造了击落飞机的条件。
The officials briefed reporters Tuesday under ground rules that their names not be used in discussing intelligence related to last week's air disaster, which killed 298 people.
They said they did not know if any Russians were present at the missile launch, and they wouldn't say that the missile crew was trained in Russia.
A senior official said the most likely explanation was the plane was shot down by mistake.
美国情报部门高官，在匿名的条件下，向记者透露，美国不知道导弹发射时是否有俄罗斯人在场；也不能说导弹操作人员受到俄方的训练；最可能的解释是飞机是被误击。
（这是在俄罗斯要求美国出示证据之后。好呀赖的吧，还是没有证据。）
