DISINFO: MH-17 was shot down from a territory controlled by Ukraine
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: vesti.ru ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: October 05, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine

DISINFO: MH-17 was shot down from a territory controlled by Ukraine

SUMMARY

The DPR Prosecutor General’s Office has evidence that the BUK was launched from an area under the Ukrainian Army’s control, presumably the Ukrainian army’s 156th Anti-Aircraft Regiment was then located there.

RESPONSE

Recurring disinformation euvsdisinfo.eu/flight-mh-17-three-years-on-getting-the-truth-out-of-eastern-ukraine/, . The Joint Investigative Team (JIT) has concluded that flight MH17 was shot down on 17 July 2014 by a missile of the 9M38 series, launched by a BUK-TELAR, from farmland in the vicinity of Pervomaiskiy (or: Pervomaiskyi). At that time, the area was controlled by pro-Russian fighters. The BUK-TELAR was brought in from the territory of the Russian Federation and subsequently, after having shot down flight MH-17, was taken back to the Russian Federation. www.om.nl/onderwerpen/mh17-crash/@96068/jit-flight-mh17-shot/, Further debunk: khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1507577040,

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