Yeah, safe to say -at this point- Russia did it.
#BREAKING: Putin says airplane disaster would not have happened if Kiev had not renewed military operation against rebels in east Ukraine
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 17, 2014
#BREAKING: Russia's Putin says Kiev bears responsibility for crash of passenger plane because it was brought down in Ukraine: RIA
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 17, 2014
Remember this is NOT the first time Russia has shot down a passenger airplane and tried to deny it. 1983 KAL-007 took years before the “Soviets” admitted it.