New explosive intercepts released by Ukraine's SBU just now, showing Russian commander "Elbrus" boasted shoot-down of Ukrainian airplanes in the days just before MH17 was downed.
We have previously identified Elbrus as FSB's colonel Igor Egorov. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
We have previously identified Elbrus as FSB's colonel Igor Egorov. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
In calls from 11 July 2014, Col. Egorov tells Col. Kotov, from Putin's presidential security service, that "this morning we shot down a SU (fighter). 
..and in a call on 15 July 2014, just 2 days before the MH17 shoot-down, he boasts that "during this week alone, we shot down 3 SU-s and one An-24 yesterday".
Col. Egorov, who is a senior FSB spetznaz officer from the Vympel unit, explained in a call he was assigned as "first deputy to the commander in chief", i.e. MH17's main indicted suspect Igor Girkin.
In another call, he asks where the shelling of a Ukrainian position came from, and gets the answer that it was "from Russian territory".
In a true 'Allo 'Allo moment, a subordinate addresses "Ebrus" by his first name and patronymic, breaking OpSec protocol. Egorov replies: "Fuck you, Andrey, of course it's me, why do you have to say it out loud?"
Here's the full collection of audio intercepts
