A Dutch-led investigation representing five countries announced on Sept. 28 its conclusion that MH17 was downed by a Russian missile launched “without any doubt’ from a field in rebel occupied territory. The Commission finds that the Russian BUK missile system crossed into Ukraine on a tug from Russia the morning of the attack and traveled to the field from which the fatal missile was launched. The Russian missile launcher was subsequently driven back across the Russian border early the next morning on a Volvo truck from the site of the shooting. The Dutch-led investigation used satellite images, forensic evidence, intercepted telephone calls, amateur videos, and eye-witness accounts to prove the committee’s conclusion listed above.
The Kremlin has reacted to the Joint Investigation Team’s conclusions with a ferocious attempt to shift the blame to a Ukrainian missile that shot down MH17 to place the blame on Russia.
