AMSTERDAM (Sputnik) – The paper is not expected to answer the question who was responsible for the air crash that killed 298 people on July 17, 2014. The Dutch General Prosecutor’s Office pointed out that the work would continue and the final report would be issued in late 2016 – early 2017.
Russia agreed with the report’s conclusion that the missile exploded near the left side of the jet. But Russia’s arms manufacturer Almaz-Antey said that it was a proof that the missile had been launched from the Zaroshchenske region controlled by Ukrainian armed forces. According to Almaz-Antey, if the missile had been launched from Snezhnoye controlled by eastern Ukrainian pro-independence militia, it would have hit the right side of the plane.
Moscow also denied the allegations that the plane was hit by 9Н314М modification of the missile.
Despite the fact that Russian experts were not invited in JIT, they were asked for help during the investigation. The Netherlands asked for primary radar images of the Ukrainian air space obtained in the time of the crash. Russia managed to gain these data that revealed no objects that could have caused destruction of the jet.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov echoed Koban saying that the Ukrainian authorities were hiding data about the MH17 crash as the flight had been controlled by Ukrainian radars and air defense units.