DAILY MAIL
There are ‘strong indications’ that Russian President Vladimir Putin himself approved the supplying of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators said Wednesday.
The BUK-TELAR missile system was used to shoot down the passenger plane on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, the Joint Investigation Team of six countries probing the crash said.
All 298 passengers and crew were killed when the missile slammed into the plane and brought it crashing back down to earth. Russia has denied all involvement.
‘There are strong indications that the Russian president decided on supplying the Buk TELAR to the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) separatists,’ the investigators’ statement read.
But despite this, prosecutors today said they were suspending the criminal investigation into the incident, claiming they have insufficient evidence to launch any new prosecutions.
