“There should be intention or knowledge of the attack”. Russia commented on the accusations of Ukraine in the crash of MH-17
Russia is defending its position in the International court of justice in the Hague, says that those who provided for the use of missile system “Buk” was not going to shoot down a civilian plane over Ukraine, so Ukraine has no grounds for charges.
This was stated by the representatives of the Russian Federation during a speech in the Hague, writes “European true”.
In particular, the Russian side invited the lawyer Samuel Wordsworth, which presents a more detailed legal position of the Russian Federation, noted that in the episode with the supply in the Donbass complex “Buk” Ukraine did not give orders for compliance with those requirements.
“Must be a realization that Beech supplied for attacks on civilian aircraft. But Ukraine argues only that he was delivered from Russia, and nothing more,” he said, but did not admit that the Buk missile system was indeed delivered from the Russian territory.
According to Wordsworth, which refers to media reports, the militants had intended to shoot down Ukrainian military aircraft, not a civilian airliner.
Separately, he also noted that Russia was treated with mistrust and doubt the results of the investigation released by the International investigation team.
In turn, the head of the Department of new challenges and threats of the Russian Federation Ilya Rogachev, said that the charges for the Convention on the financing of terrorism government require not only the fact of a terrorist attack, and not only promoting to those who committed it, but also the fact that the sponsor “had the intention or knew about the attack”.
“There must be either intention or knowledge,” he added.
Recall, 17 July 2014 in the area of armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine was hit Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines, carrying out flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The tragedy occurred in the Eastern Donetsk region near the village of Hrabove, near Torez. All 298 people who were on Board were killed.
14 Jul Malaysia has made in the UN Security Council a draft resolution on the establishment of an international Tribunal to investigate Boeing 777 crash over Donbas. This idea was also supported by the Netherlands, Ukraine, Australia and Belgium. The Kremlin also considered the move premature and blocked the document.
13 October 2015, the Security Council of the Netherlands published its report on the crash of passenger liner Boeing 777 “Malaysian airlines”. According to the document, the aircraft was struck by parts of the 9N314M missiles fired from MANPADS “Buck”; it was found that the initial launching point is located on a land area of about 320 square kilometers in Eastern Ukraine.
In January 2016, the relatives of the passengers who died in the accident MH17, urged the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte to lead the global campaign to achieve publication data radar control. Members of 18 families expressed confidence that it will help to establish exactly who shot down the airliner over Ukraine on 17 July 2014.
Later investigation revealed that “Boeing” was shot down by a missile 9M38 series used in anti-aircraft missile complex “Buk”. The plant was delivered from Russia and launched from the territory, which was then controlled by the separatists. Fragments of the rocket series of “Buk” was discovered during the autopsies of crew members, and in one of the window openings of the cockpit.
The international investigation team managed to identify most of the route, which SAM “Buk” went to the territory of Ukraine, as well as the route of its movement in the opposite direction. According to investigators, the complex was moved from Russia into Eastern Ukraine and later deported back to Russia on white trucks Volvo.
Insights of MSG in fact, coincide with the results of the investigation group Bellingcat – expert-journalistic organizations that are engaged in independent investigations from public sources.
