Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has determined that pro-Russian separatists brought down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 this summer. The agency investigated the incident through a series of satellite images and photographs coupled with intelligence from within the pro-Russian groups and the Ukrainian military. Thus far, it has been widely believed Russian forces provided the separatists with both the missile and the launcher, but the new report suggest the rebels actually stole launch system. German intelligence officers believe the separatists “captured a BUK air defense missile system at a Ukrainian military base and fired a missile on July 17.” Directly …read more
Source: The Atlantic
