Were they trying to shoot down Putin?
 

Reports that Putin flew similar route as MH17, presidential airport says 'hasn't overflown Ukraine for long time'

http://rt.com/news/173672-malaysia-plane-crash-putin/


?I can say that Putin?s plane and the Malaysian Boeing intersected at the same point and the same echelon. That was close to Warsaw on 330-m echelon at the height of 10,100 meters. The presidential jet was there at 16:21 Moscow time and the Malaysian aircraft - 15:44 Moscow time,? a source told the news agency on condition of anonymity.

"The contours of the aircrafts are similar, linear dimensions are also very similar, as for the coloring, at a quite remote distance they are almost identical", the source added.

http://rt.com/news/173672-malaysia-plane-crash-putin/

Putin is in South America right now.

So the answer is "no".

didn't bother reading the article hey

That's been all over the news, being disputed.