Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has said his service has already collected evidence incriminating Russian military in the Malaysian Boeing crash.
Ukrainian law-enforcers are collecting evidence in the course of the
investigation of a terrorist act under a criminal investigation, he
said.
“Today the SBU would like to inform you of the evidence base
collected and stored under a criminal proceeding started by the SBU
yesterday [July 17] and controlled by the Prosecutor General’s Office of
Ukraine. The criminal proceeding was opened under Article 258, Part 3
of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (terrorist act) due to Buk-M
anti-aircraft missile system hitting a commercial airliner,” SBU Head
said at a briefing on Friday.
Nalyvaichenko drew attention to what he said was important evidence
concerning the transporting of the Buk system from Russian territory.
A recording of a conversion between two militants’ commanders was
played at the briefing. Particularly, the recording includes information
that on July 17 Ukrainian intelligence gained data that “Donetsk
People’s Republic’s militants received a Buk-M system with a crew that
was sent from Russia through the state border near Sukhodilsk town. “
“It’s important to note what exactly has been recorded on this audio
file. There are two things recorded: first – the Buk system crossed
Russian border and got into our territory before the terrorist act;
second – the terrorists themselves clearly confirm that the crew of this
Buk and the system itself came from the Russian Federation,”
Nalyvaichenko said.