Fact check
Is it true: MH17 over Ukraine: Buk missile + Russian denial (17 Jul 2014)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
Dutch Safety Board (Oct 2015): 9N314M Buk warhead detonation. JIT (2016, 2019): launcher traced to Russian 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Kursk. Bellingcat open-source analysis independently corroborated JIT findings. Dutch court (Nov 2022): three individuals convicted in absentia of murder, life sentences. Russia's denial involves a documented pattern of shifting counter-claims, none of which survived evidentiary scrutiny in the criminal proceedings.
The claim
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. The Dutch Safety Board (October 2015) determined the aircraft was destroyed by detona
Key evidence
Russia provided manipulated imagery in counter-investigation
Dutch Safety Board: 9N314M Buk warhead confirmed by fragment analysis
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