Investigative collective Bellingcat, founded by citizen journalist Eliot Higgins three days before MH17 was shot down on July 17, 2014, have identified both of the pro-Russian rebels and worked out where there were on that day. After Ukrainian sources released the intercepted phone call their opponents claimed it was from a different day and location. Mr Higgins, 40, said: “We were able to identify these people, work out where they were on this day and the separatist who said there is a birdy flying towards you just happened to be in the flight path of MH17 and the other person just happened to be close to where the missile launcher is.
Express.co.uk: Pro-Russian separatists boast of downing MH17
In this file photo taken on Nov. 11, 2014 Russian-backed separatists stand guard as Dutch investigators (unseen) arrive near parts of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the crash site near the Hrabove village in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 11, 2014.
