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MH17 hit by Russian missile, victims did not suffer: Final report
October 13, 2015

Relatives of some of the 298 people who died on board Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 have been told some of the contents of a final report by the Dutch Safety Board. One told the BBC the report found the plane had been hit by a Russian-made Buk missile.


The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels brought down the Boeing 777. But Russia claims a missile was fired from Ukrainian-controlled territory.


The report will not apportion blame.


The plane - flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur - crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014 at the height of the conflict between government troops and the pro-Russian separatists. Among the victims were 196 Dutch nationals and 10 Britons.
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