Getting lost with Kursk

An independent expert group of Bellingcat, conducting investigations based on open sources, found out the identities of four people who could transport the Russian air defense system, from which the passenger Boeing-777 “Malaysian Airlines” was shot down in eastern Ukraine. A report published in English on the group’s website is also available in an authorized translation into Russian.

Experts found that Buk from which the plane was shot down was previously located in the location of the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade, which is deployed near Kursk. In June 2014, the installation was transferred as part of a military convoy in Millerovo, Rostov region.

This is confirmed by identical inscriptions on the "beech", which are distinguishable in the pictures taken in Russia and Ukraine. In addition, experts note that "rubber shields above the caterpillars of" bean "over time receive damage, and these damage create a unique" fingerprint ", which allows you to compare" beeches "in different photographs." "In the case of" Buk "3 × 2" (the conditional name of the attitude noticed in Russia - from the inscription on board. - Ed.) And photographs of the "Buk" Paris Match in Donetsk were almost identical, "the study emphasizes.

Pictures confirming the conclusions of experts are also given in the report.

On July 17, 2014, Buk was transported by a truck from Donetsk to Snezhnoye, and then he went south of his turn. There, south of Snezhny, he was at about 16:20 local time and released a missile along the Malaysian Boeing.

Who exactly were those four people who could drive a car with Buk, Bellingcat experts do not disclose. This and other unpublished information, together with the published report, was transferred to the international investigative group, which is investigating the disaster.

Next week, October 13, the Netherlands Security Council must publish a report on the technical reasons for the crash of the liner. The release of the final report of the International Investigative Group is scheduled for the end of this year.

The investigation of the circumstances of the airline is conducted by the Prosecutor General of the Netherlands. In addition to the Dutch investigators, their colleagues from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and from Ukraine participate in it. On July 16, the press secretary of the Prosecutor General of the Netherlands, VIM de Brun, said that according to the results of the disaster investigation, charges of murder and war crimes may be made.

In August, the International Investigative Group reported that part of the debris found at the site of the disaster may belong to a projectile released from Buk .

Meanwhile, Russia categorically denies its involvement in the disaster.