On Tuesday, Dutch investigators released a long-awaited report on Malaysia Flight MH17, the passenger airline shot down on July 17, 2014 over Ukrainian airspace. The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) spent months analyzing debris and wreckage strewn all over eastern Ukraine, territory held by pro-Russian rebels. The safety board ultimately concluded that the civilian flight was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile.
“Flight MH17 crashed as a result of the detonation of a warhead outside the airplane,” explained DSB Chairman Tjibbe Joustra, “This warhead fits the kind of missile that is installed in the BUK surface-to-air missile system.” There were 298 people on board flight MH17. All the passengers died, including 88 children. The circumstantial (and palpably physical evidence) is indisputable. The Russians are responsible for the downing of MH17. The Kremlin either ordered the strike directly or condoned the assault launched by occupying pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, armed and equipped by the Russian military.
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