The Hague District Court on Thursday, November 17, considered the allegations that the Boeing 777 of the Malaysian Airlines, which carried out the MN17 flight was shot down by the Russian missile, was shot down by the Russian missile, released from the field near the field near the field. the village of Pervomaisky, reports Deutsche Welle.
The former “Minister of Defense” “DPR” Igor Girkin (Strelkov), Major General Sergei Dubinsky (Gmury), Colonel Oleg Pulatov (Gyurza) and Ukrainian citizen Leonid Kharchenko (MF) appeared as the defense systems. At the same time, the accused, as follows from the court decision, cannot enjoy the immunity of the combatants, because the Russian Federation did not recognize its control over the “DPR”, and they themselves deny that they were part of the RF Armed Forces.
According to the conclusions of the investigation, all four contributed to the arrival of the gun of the crime – the anti -aircraft missile system (air defense system) “Buk” – from Russia and coordinated the actions of its calculation, thereby playing “a key role in the murder of 298 people.” The accused were not present at the announcement of the sentence.
Boeing 777 Malaysian airline occurred on July 17, 2014. The passenger liner, which made the MH17 flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, as established the investigation, was shot down by a rocket. All 298 people on board died. After the tragedy, five countries – Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine – created a joint international investigative group (JIT). Her experts came to the conclusion that the plane was shot down by a rocket of the 9M38 series, released by the Buk air defense system, which was located in the territory controlled by pro -Russian forces. Investigators are sure that the Buk got there from the 53rd Air Defense Brigade of the Russian Federation. Based on Kursk, and shortly after the tragedy was taken back across the border to the territory of the Russian Federation. During the process, the remains of the liner and the missiles with a unique serial number, data from satellites and radars, as well as photo and video shooting of how the alleged weapon of the crime – the Buk air defense system were transported – transported to the place of shot and vice versa, were demonstrated. In addition, the prosecution presented the court testimonies and interceptions of telephone conversations between the suspects in involvement in the MH17 disaster.