MOSCOW: The Russian Ministry of Defence said no new anti-aircraft missiles crossed the border to Ukraine since 1991, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Russian media reports.
Thus, the reports refuted the finding that Russia was responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine on July 17, 2014.
The joint investigation team (JIT) announced on Thursday that the Buk missile which shot down MH17 came from the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Russian army based in Kursk.
The five-nation investigation team was led by the Netherlands. – Bernama