Russia claims that Ukraine had downed MH17 killing 298 people on board

#MH17 #Ukraine #sukhoi25 The Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 had crashed over Ukraine in July and lives of 298 people was lost in the crash and it was believed that it had been shot down by the Russians. This has been consistently been denied by Russia and now, Russia claims to have unearthed proof that MH17 had actually been shot down by Ukrainian fighter planes.
Russian investigators have now announced that they had new proof from a witness who has not been named. It seem he worked at an airfield in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk where he has claimed to have seen a warplane take off on 17 July with air-to-air missiles and return without them.
In the opinion of the investigative committee, this testimony “is important proof that Ukrainian military was implicated in the crash of the Boeing 777.”
The MH17 “secret witness” has revealed that he worked at the airport on the day the Boeing 777 was downed. As per his statement, he had seen a Sukhoi-25 jet take off armed with air-to-air rockets and return to the base without them.
He has also added that the pilot of the Sukhoi-25 could have launched the missile into the Boeing out of fear or revenge or, probably, he might have mistaken it for another plane.
It may be recalled that MH17 flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over territory in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, who have been fighting Kiev forces since April.
Ukraine and the west have been accusing Russia of supplying the rebels with a surface-to-air missile launcher but Russia has issued several opposing theories, one of these is about seeing a Ukrainian military jet flying next to the Boeing.