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CNN analyst and former FAA inspector David Soucie said the plane had broken apart as it had meant to, with the detachment the wings stopping the fuselage ripping apart.

Video from the crash scene showed firefighters and grounds crews spraying the smoking fuselage of the aircraft.

Security video showed that the left front door was “in the down position” but was “not flush with the fuselage.”

Firefighters - who arrived within minutes - were seen trying to put out the fire that spread to the fuselage.

Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky said Russia must "stop spreading disinformation" and that the damage to the aircraft's fuselage was "very reminiscent of an air defence missile strike".