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ELi5: What anyone has (or is trying) to gain from shooting down a civilian jet?
gpt
It probably was a mistake. AFAIK, Ukrainian troops in that area had recieved supply drops from cargo planes earlier, also a Ukrainian jet was reportetly shot down by a Russian jet the day before. So, both sides had reasons to have very itchy trigger fingers. Why this airspace was not closed down for civilian traffic is beyond me.