this hour russia's ministry of defense claims it's identified the missile which brought down malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen and twenty four seen comparisons of registration numbers coupled with audio intercepts point to ukraine's direct involvement with more on this well if we can speak to our correspondent ecostar enough now ego so what conclusions have the russian investigators arrived at russian defense ministry have done they have looked at the serial number shown by. the joint investigative team a few if some time ago and now basically what they are what they have done they have matched it with their own internal documents that used to be top secret they have been classified them and they have shown basically all the fate of this rocket since one thousand nine hundred eighty six when it was indeed produced back in the u.s.s.r. you can have a listen to how they have described it. but what you don't get those are what's considered the momentum the manufacture date of the missile is the twenty fourth of december one thousand nine hundred six it was transported by train to the militar

russia's defense ministry says it has identified the methyl which brought down the malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen in two thousand and fourteen english town of breakdown the findings so what the russian defense ministry has done is evade the serial number of the missing published earlier by the official investigation and the joint investigative team say that they took that serial number from a piece of the debris from the actual crash site so they blamed that very message directly for the downing of the mh seventeen passenger jet so the russian defense ministry they took that serial number and matched them try to find mentions over it in its own archive documents and what they found was actually the passport of that very missiles that which tracks the whole life cycle of that missile back from the moment when it was produced manufactured in u.s.s.r. to the point also showing which exact army unit was armed with that missile and here's what the russian defense ministry found out that those work of the manufacture date of the missile is the twenty fourth of december one thousand

russia's ministry of defense claims it so identified the missile which brought down malaysia airlines flight seventy four years ago. saracens registration numbers coupled with audio intercepts point to ukraine's apparent direct involvement for more on this let's speak to our correspondents at the ministry now we go thanks for joining us to put across the story what conclusions have the russian investigators arrived at. well danielle essentially what the russian defense ministry have done they took the official serial numbers provided by the official investigation by the joint investigative team that they found on the debris from the site of the downing of the mh seventeen boeing and the rocket which if sensually the official investigation blamed for the downing of this passenger jet and they searched for the mentions of that serial number in their own archive documents and what happened the russian defense ministry apparently found the actual passports of the over that very missile the passport has all sorts of information it essentially tracks the whole life cycle of this rocket from

russia's defense ministry identified the missile which brought down malaysia airlines flight m h seventy four years ago comparisons of registration numbers coupled with all due intercepts point to ukraine's direct involvement both say of this investigation that they should be included in it and were excluded so it just came down to the dutch ukrainians the australians the malaysians we have a situation where the evidence as presented by the russians today actually seems to back up some already publicly disclosed some very important information released by the joint investigation team and that includes an intelligence report from the military intelligence agency in the netherlands called the and i v t which was produced in october twenty sixth and in this case basically they said that they had information that it was and ukrainian team that was infiltrating east ukraine and they had books with them be case with them and also the j.i.t. as well after this information fed in by the dutch intelligence agencies said that they were aware that there were several units that might have books with

investigation team congress used to shoot down malaysia airlines flight. m.h. seventeen on july seventeenth twenty three fourteen. well. we're going to leave a demonstrated to you. that the book launch which supposedly came to third. brigade played a part in this tragedy all are completely groundless. but again the bigger. story as well we're not sure and i will now give the floor to the habit of the main missile and artillery directorate of the russian defense ministry of nikolai parson. but that ladies and gentlemen during the may twenty fourth twenty eighteen briefing the g.i. t. . have conducted a briefing in which it showed fragments of the engine and then to read from the nine thirty eight book mistrial which they claim was used. to down flight m h seventeen on july seventeenth twenty four team much. the g.i. to put a special focus on the serial number of the nine thirty eight missile components shown on the slides from the presentation. these numbers are comprised of two parts the first part is the product design reference number indicating each separate

for russia's defense ministry says it has identified the missile which port town malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen back in two thousand and fourteen. breakdown the finding what the russian defense ministry has done is they took the serial number of the missing published earlier by the official investigation and the joint investigative team say that they took that serial number from a piece of the debris from the actual crash site so they blamed that very most directly for the downing of the mh seventeen passenger jet so the russian defense ministry they took that serial number and matched them try to find mentions of it in its own documents and what they found was actually the passport of that very missile that which tracks the whole life cycle of that missile from the moment when it was produced manufactured in u.s.s.r. to. the point also showing which exact army unit was armed with that missile and here's what the russian defense ministry found out that those work at the manufacture date of the missile is the twenty fourth of december one thousand nine hundred six it was transport

also russia has claimed it has proof that ukrainians down the malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen back in twenty fourteen an incident that really shocked the world remember all two hundred ninety people on board were killed two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed the kremlin's defense ministry says the missile had been produced in one thousand nine hundred six and it was owned by ukrainian authorities over a dutch led investigation previously concluded the missile was russian made and was transported to ukraine from a russian military base in the city of curse we heard from alexander the traverse a little bit earlier a security expert and coordinator of the security studies program at the university of geneva he reckons at the time the ukraine was not capable of operating the military network used in this attack. there is definitely contradiction towards a very significant dutch investigation reports but there is also a contradiction between the russian vision of events and nearly all of the different international investigations that have taken place regard

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