MH17 Disaster: Russians 'Controlled BUK Missile System'

MH17 Disaster: Russians 'Controlled BUK Missile System'
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(AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND OUT) Wreckage from the front section of the Malaysian Airlines flight, MH17, on the outskirts of Rassypnoe village, Ukraine, July 26, 2014. (Photo by Kate Geraghty/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

Russians were operating a BUK missile launcher seen in the area where the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet MH17 was shot down, eyewitnesses have told Panorama.

Distinctive shrapnel damage to the plane points to a fragmentation weapon - such as a BUK - downing the plane

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