Putin ‘supplied’ Buk missile that shot down Flight MH17 over Ukraine: investigators

"There are “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally signed off
on the use of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, international prosecutors concluded Wednesday. Members of the multinational Joint Investigation Team announced they would be closing the investigation as they revealed the findings, saying the evidence of Putin’s and other Russian officials’ involvement was not concrete enough to secure a criminal conviction.

“The investigation has now reached its limit,” prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer told a news conference in The Hague. “The findings are insufficient for the prosecution of new suspects.”

Russia has denied any involvement with the downing of the civilian airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, which killed 298 passengers and crew who hailed from more than a dozen countries, although nearly 200 were Dutch citizens." NYP