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Xinhua: Russia says missile that downed MH17 likely belonged to Ukraine

By Xinhua.

Published May 25, 2018 at 5:41 pm

A gunman from Russia-backed military forces stands guard on Nov. 10, 2014 next to parts of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the crash site near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), some 80 kms east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.

Photo by AFP

The missile that downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) in 2014 over Ukraine “more than probably” belonged to the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said May 25.

The Dutch-led five-nation Joint Investigation Team (JIT) announced on May 24 that the installation of the Buk missile that shot down the MH17 came from the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Russian army in Kursk. It presented the remains of the missile at a press conference.