Almost two years ago on July 17, 2014, a Buk missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and their crew. The Russian government pushed evidence implying that a Ukrainian plane had shot down MH17, while the Dutch Safety Board concluded that a Buk missile caused the plane to break up and crash. My organization Bellingcat has demonstrated through digital forensics that the Buk missile and its launcher originated in Russia and that Russian-backed separatists brought down the Boeing 777. …read more
Source: Atlantic Council