An international team investigating the downing of flight MH17 concludes that although there are strong indications Vladimir Putin supplied the missile they cannot bring further charges.
The international investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 has concluded without further prosecutions as there is not enough evidence to bring more cases to trial, investigators have announced
Dutch prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer said on Wednesday that "the investigation has now reached its limit. All leads have been exhausted" as the team began laying out the evidence it uncovered in its long-running investigation. The international investigators said there are strong indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to supply the missile that shot down the commercial jet, to Moscow-backed separatists.Flight MH17 was struck down by a BUK missile fired by Russian separatists as it tracked over the Donbas region in Ukraine on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 15, 2014.
There were 298 people on board the Boeing 777 passenger aircraft, including 38 Australians, 193 Dutch citizens and 15 Malaysian crew. None survived.
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