The Joint Investigation Team "has come to the conclusion that the BUK-TELAR that shot down MH17 came from 53rd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade based in Kursk in Russia," top Dutch investigator Wilbert Paulissen said
Remains of the missile that hit the plane. Pic/AFP
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Investigators probing the 2014 downing of flight MH17 said yesterday for the first time that the missile, which shot down the plane over Ukraine travelled from a Russian military brigade.
The Joint Investigation Team "has come to the conclusion that the BUK-TELAR that shot down MH17 came from 53rd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade based in Kursk in Russia," top Dutch investigator Wilbert Paulissen said. However, Moscow said no Russian missile was involved in the plane crash.
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