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‘Strong Indications’ That Putin Approved MH17 Missile – Investigators

February 8, 2023
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‘Strong Indications’ That Putin Approved MH17 Missile – Investigators

Digna van Boetzelaer, the Netherlands, Andy Kraag, the Netherlands, David McLean, Australia, Asha Hoe Soo Lian, Malaysia, Eric van der Sypt, Belgium, and Oleksandr Bannyk, Ukraine, take their seats for the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) news conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023

An international team of investigators has disclosed that it found “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile.

However, members of the Joint Investigation Team said that they have insufficient evidence to prosecute Putin or any other suspects so they have suspended their 8½-year inquiry into the shoot down that killed all 298 people on board the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Russia has always denied any involvement in the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, and refused to cooperate with the international investigation.

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Dutch prosecutors divulged that “there are strong indications that the Russian President decided on supplying” a Buk missile system, the weapon that downed MH17 to Ukrainian separatists.

Dutch Prosecutor, Digna van Boetzelaer said that “Although we speak of strong indications, the high bar of complete and conclusive evidence is not reached.”

Digna van Boetzelaer added that without Russian cooperation, “the investigation has now reached its limit. All leads have been exhausted.”

She opined that, as Head of state, Putin would have immunity from prosecution in the Netherlands. The team played a recording of an intercepted phone call in which they said Putin could be heard discussing the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The team informed relatives of those killed in the downing of MH17 of their findings before making them public.

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Assistant Commissioner David McLean of Australia speaks during the Joint Investigation Team, JIT, news conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023

Inquiry Could Be Reactivated If Possible Witnesses Provide Evidence

Also, Van Boetzelaer said that while the investigation is being suspended, phone lines will remain open for possible witnesses who may still want to provide evidence. If that happens, the inquiry could be reactivated.

Russian officials say that a decision to provide rebels with military support over the summer of 2014 was in Putin’s hands.

The announcement by the investigative team comes nearly three months after a Dutch court convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian rebel for their roles in shooting down the plane. One Russian was acquitted by the court.

None of the suspects appeared for the trial and it was unclear if the three who were found guilty of multiple murders will ever serve their sentences.

The convictions and the court’s finding that the surface-to-air Buk missile came from a Russian military base were seen as a clear indication that Moscow had a role in the tragedy. Russia has always denied involvement.

The Russian Foreign Ministry accused the court in November, 2022 of bowing to pressure from Dutch politicians, prosecutors and the news media.

However, the November convictions held that Moscow was in overall control in 2014 over the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, the separatist area of eastern Ukraine where the missile was launched.

The Buk missile system came from the Russian military’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, based in the city of Kursk.

The Joint Investigation Team is made up of experts from the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine.

Most of the victims were Dutch. It had continued to investigate the crew of the missile system that brought down the plane and those who ordered its deployment in Ukraine.

As well as the criminal trial that was held in the Netherlands, the Dutch and Ukrainian governments are suing Russia at the European Court of Human Rights over its alleged role in the downing of MH17.

The findings will likely strengthen the case at the human rights court and could also be used by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court who are investigating possible war crimes in Ukraine dating back to the start of the separatist conflict.

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