Russia has dismissed accusations by international investigators that the downing of passenger jet MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 was Russia’s responsibility.
Since the Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all passengers on board, international investigators have sought to find out who was responsible. Ukraine and its Western partners had blamed Russian-armed militants in east Ukraine, while Russia had offered several theories of varying credibility, pointing to Ukraine as the culprit.
The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) told victims’ families on Wednesday that a Russian Buk missile had downed the jet, fired from territory outside the …read more
Source: Newsweek