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The chief lawyer of a Dutch-led team of international investigators said the missile and launcher used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 came from the Russian military.

The long-running investigation had already had decided that a Russian-made Buk anti-aircraft missile downed Flight 17. On May 22, the team announced that the launcher belonged to Russia’s 53rd anti-aircraft brigade.

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