THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An global group of detectives stated Wednesday it discovered “strong indicators” that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian rocket.
However, members of the Joint Investigation Team stated they had inadequate proof to prosecute Putin or any other believes and they suspended their 8½-year query into the shooting down that eliminated all 298 individuals on board the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Russia has constantly rejected any participation in the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, and declined to worktogether with the global examination.
Dutch districtattorneys stated that “there are strong indicators that the Russian president chose on providing” a Buk rocket system — the weapon that downed MH17 — to Ukrainian separatists.
“Although we speak of strong indicators, the high bar of total and definitive proof is not reached,” Dutch districtattorney Digna van Boetzelaer stated, including that without Russian cooperation, “the examination has now reached its limitation. All leads haveactually been tired.”
She likewise stated that, as head of state, Putin would have resistance from prosecution in the Netherlands. The group played a recording of an obstructed phone call in which they stated Putin might be heard goingover the dispute in eastern Ukraine.
“Are we dissatisfied? No, since we believe we came evenmore than we had ever idea in2014 Would we have liked to come more? Of course, yes,” stated Andy Kraag of the Dutch authorities.
The group notified lovedones of those eliminated in the downing of MH17 of their findin