MH17: 'strong indications' Putin signed off on supplying missile that hit plane

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) There are “strong indications” the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, personally signed off on a decision to supply the missile that downed flight MH17 (Malaysian Airlines) in 2014, a team of international investigators has said.

The Boeing 777 was flying over eastern Ukraine when it was shot down by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile in July 2014, killing all 298 people onboard.

The Netherlands and Australia said in 2018 that Russia was responsible for the disaster, after investigators concluded the Buk missile used by Moscow-backed separatists of the self-declared republic in Donetsk had come from a Russian military base.

“The investigation produced strong indications that a decision on providing the Buk Telar – or in any event a heavier air defence system with a higher range – to the Donetsk People’s Republic was taken at the presidential level,” a report published on Wednesday by the joint investigation team (JIT) said.

The JIT is made up of experts from the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine. It said it had collected “abundant evidence” that showed the Kremlin had “overall control” over the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, where the downing happened in 2014. .........(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/mh17-plane-missile-putin

[Turbineguy]

1. To Putin

killing 298 more people is nothing.

[maxsolomon]

2. 9 years later confirmation of what everyone surmised at the time.

DPR soldiers don't take a shit without Moscow's permission.