Face "Buk"

Investigative group B Ellingcat published a new photo of the Buk air defense system 332, which shot down the Malaysian Boeing over Donbass in 2014. This is a picture from the personal archive of the Russian mechanic, who served in the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade near Kursk. RBC journalists contacted him and confirmed the authenticity of the picture.

Thus, it was confirmed that the Buk was assigned to the Russian 53rd brigade (military unit 32406). This is the last famous photograph of Buka before its relocation to Ukraine. The picture was taken in 2013, but got into the network only in February 2015.

This photograph is the “missing link” in the investigation, Bellingcat notes. It was previously established that in eastern Ukraine in July 2014 was Buk with number 332, brought from Kursk. The researchers had pictures of the machine dated 2012, on which there was no oversized index, as well as the pictures taken in June and July 2014, on which the index was noticeable, but the Buka number was partially or completely covered. In the new photo, both the number and the index are visible.

Earlier, an independent international investigation established that the rocket that shot down the Malaysian liner was released from Buk six kilometers from the city of Snezhnoye, from the territory controlled by the militants of the DPR. The Russian version about the launch of a rocket from the Zarashchensky district, controlled by Ukrainian government forces, was recognized as insolvent.

In addition, investigators found that the Buk complex was delivered to Ukraine from Russia. After the liner was shot down, the car was returned to Russia.

The chief prosecutor of the Netherlands Fred Westerbeke said that more than 100 people can be involved in the death of the Boeing-777. The investigation period has been extended until 2018.

The flight from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur Boeing 777 crashed on July 17, 2014 near Donetsk. As a result, all 283 passengers (mainly citizens of the Netherlands) and 15 crew members died.