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Reuters: Kremlin says rebel rocket did not down MH17 airliner over Ukraine

Published Sept. 28, 2016 at 3:55 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 20, 2014 shows a piece of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lying in a field near the village of Grabove, in the region of Donetsk. The missile which brought down Flight MH17 two years ago over eastern Ukraine was transported into the area from Russia, a Dutch-led investigation found on September 28, 2016."Based on the criminal investigation we have concluded that flight MH17 was downed by a BUK missile of the series 9M83, that came from the territory of the Russian Federation," the head of the Dutch police investigation Wilbert Pualissen said, adding afterwards the missile launcher system "was taken back to Russia."

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The Kremlin said on Sept. 28 that radar data showed that Malaysian airliner MH17 was definitely not brought down by a rocket fired from territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014.

International prosecutors investigating the plane’s downing are due to report their findings later on Sept. 28 and have said they will reveal the firing location and type of BUK missile used in the attack.