The international team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine has for the first time named three Russians and a Ukrainian that it said were responsible for shooting down the aircraft.
People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014.
International arrest warrants will be issued on Wednesday and proceedings are due to commence at a special criminal court in the Netherlands on March 9, the investigation team said in a news conference. The Russians are currently in Russia and the Ukrainian suspect is believed to be in separatist-held territory, the team said.
Before the report was released, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on whether Russia would hand over any of its citizens if they were named as suspects. “You know our position on this investigation. Russia did not have the opportunity to participate,” he told reporters on a conference call.
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