The new bit I suppose is this:<p>"They also narrowed down the area it was fired from to a field in territory controlled by Russian-backed rebels."<p>Little doubt has there been that the weapon used was made in Russia.
> <i>was fired from to a field in territory controlled by Russian-backed rebels.</i><p>> <i>"...that came from the Russian Federation," chief Dutch police investigator Wilbert Paulissen said</i><p>I think the wording 'territory of the Russian Federation' is not best choice. Report says it was fired from Ukraine, 10 km from border. It implies that donbas is already part of russia.
In the indirectly related story (MH), the story of MH370 is also clearer:<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/mh370-pilot-flight-simulator-plot-course-southern-indian-ocean" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/mh370-pilot-fl...</a><p><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/mh370-disappearance-that-fuselage-is-in-one-piece-says-expert-a-1107149.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/mh370-disappearanc...</a>
If there is solid evidence and especially if there are multiple witnesses then this should be taken to court!<p>Im not sure who the defendant should be on the Russian side, the ministry of defense?
There’s a video in English, uploaded to YouTube by the Netherlands’ public prosecution office:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6gJ8NDhYA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6gJ8NDhYA</a><p>The video summarizes available evidence answering the question why we sure what happened.
The official website of the "Openbaar Ministerie" (Dutch Public Prosecution Service) contains a press release, including some animations and intercepted calls [1] as well as a page with documents from the presentation [2].<p>[1] <a href="https://www.om.nl/onderwerpen/mh17-crash/@96068/jit-flight-mh17-shot/" rel="nofollow">https://www.om.nl/onderwerpen/mh17-crash/@96068/jit-flight-m...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.om.nl/onderwerpen/mh17-vliegramp/presentaties/presentation-joint/" rel="nofollow">https://www.om.nl/onderwerpen/mh17-vliegramp/presentaties/pr...</a>
To cut to the chase, the study confirms what was fairly obvious:
- Yes, a Russian missile shot down a commercial aircraft.
- Yes, Ukrainian separatists (Russian supported) controlled the area.<p>So what's the outcome? Putin could care less and doesn't answer to any authority that can apply restraint or collect damages. So what does this change?
I just don't understand how can pilot be so reckless to fly over known warzone?<p>Hey I'm not saying it's their own fault, but please stop telling me that it's "safe" because it's not. It was a known warzone.<p>Todays example:<p>Virgin Atlantic, Air France and Emirates will no longer allow its planes to fly over Iraq due to concerns about the dangers posed by Islamic militants.
The dutch led investigation has been a joke from the start, the previous report they released was submitted to Russia for screening prior to publication, they had them remove any references to this being an carried out by Russian soldiers operating in Eastern Ukraine as all evidence to date clearly shows.