A piece of plane debris at one of the sites where the front section MH17 crashed in Ukraine.Credit:Kate Geraghty
“The missile system belonged to the Russian Federation’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Military Brigade,and was accompanied by a trained Russian military crew,” she said in a statement with Mr Morrison and Attorney-General Michaelia Cash.
“From the launch site,the Buk TELAR fired the missile that shot down Flight MH17,killing all 298 people on board.
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“The missile could only have been fired by the trained Russian crew of the Buk TELAR,or at least by someone acting under their instruction,direction or control.
“The Buk missile system was returned to the Russian Federation shortly after the downing of Flight MH17.”
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