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uhnope

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Wed May 4, 2016, 03:31 AM May 2016

Missile launcher that downed MH17 ‘DID belong to Vladimir Putin’, shocking report claims [View all]

Source: Express UK

The missile responsible for obliterating passenger jet MH17 belonged to Vladimir Putin's armoury, according to a sensational new report.

Experts say the deadly weapon was fired from Putin's anti-aircraft brigade before hitting the doomed plane, killing all 298 people onboard.

A team of journalists from Bellingcat have analysed reams of footage from rebel-held Ukrainian territory from the day the jet crashed and claim they have evidence of Russian involvement. They state the deadly weapon used was a BUK missile belonging to Russia's 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, based in Kursk.

Identification of the BUK missile, numbered 332, was made more difficult by one of the ID numbers being removed, leading to it initially being called 3x2. The Bellingcat investigation follows on from its report in November 2014 that claimed the Russian military did supply separatists with a BUK missile launcher and that rebels were most likely to have been responsible for the atrocity.


Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/666821/Missile-launcher-MH17-Vladimir-Putin-Ukraine-rebels-shock-report



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