In Ukraine, it was claimed that the missile that brought down the Malaysian plane in 2014 was sent with Putin’s approval.

JIT made a statement regarding the BUK missile used in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight numbered “MH17.”

JIT member Andy Kraag, listening to recordings of telephone conversations believed to have taken place between Putin and administrators of the separatist-declared “Donetsk People’s Republic” in Donetsk, “We see that there is direct contact and conversation between Putin and the separatists. he used the phrase.

The Dutch acting attorney general, Digna van Boetzelaer, said: “There are strong indications that the Russian president has decided to send the missile.” saying.

Despite this, the Commission stated that it did not have sufficient evidence for a new trial and that its work was closed.

3 DEFENDANTS RECEIVED LIFE IMPRISONMENT

In the case of 3 Russians and one Ukrainian, responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight “MH17” in Ukraine in 2014, the local court of the Netherlands, in its decision of November 17, 2022, acquitted 1 of the 4 He was sentenced to life in prison for “killing” and shooting down the plane.

The court sentenced the defendants Sergey Dubinskiy, of Russian origin, who is believed to be the “intelligence chief” of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” declared by the separatists in Donetsk, the “defence minister” in the Republic from Donetsk, former Russian intelligence Colonel Igor Girkin, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko to life in prison. .

While the trial against 3 Russians and 1 Ukrainian, who were tried in absentia, lasted about 8 years, the only person acquitted of the defendants was the Russian citizen Oleg Pulatov.

The court noted that the missile that brought down the plane was sent by the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade in Kursk, Russia.

JOINT INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION TEAM

The Joint International Investigation Team (JIT), made up of experts from the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine, was tasked with investigating the source and launchers of the missile that brought down the plane in question.

JIT had determined that the plane in question had been shot down by a BUK missile belonging to the Russian military.

A total of 298 people, including 283 passengers and 15 crew members, died on the plane. (AA)