The Russian Brigade, which shot down Mn17, participated in the capture of Kharkiv region - the media

In September, after escaping from the Russian Army of the Armed Forces, some documents left by the Russians were accessed. One of the documents lists the military units operating in Izium. One of the pages had information about 53 brigades. The document lists the unit commander, his phone and the call sign "Voldai", as well as the address of the headquarters. Boeing 777, which was running MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014.

According to the investigation, the beech arrived on the territory of the occupied Donetsk region on the night before the disaster aircraft and was sent back shortly after launching the rocket. The rocket was launched from the village of Pervomaisk. "I can confirm that we have information that they have been in the Izium district for some time," - said the prosecutor of Kharkiv region Alexander Filchakov.

In addition, this information coincides with open sources about where the unit could be located. Journalists also visited the composition of a confectionery company in Izium, where, as claimed, was the headquarters of the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade. According to a volunteer, who helps to restore the area after occupation, he heard and saw the anti -aircraft missiles launched from the outskirts of the plant when the region was under the control of Russian military.

The Boeing-777 Malaysia Airlines Airlines, which operated Mn17, Amsterdam (Netherlands)-Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), was shot down in the sky above Donetsk region on July 17, 2014. Then there were 298 people on board and all of them died, more than half of them were residents of the Netherlands.

The investigation of the causes of the catastrophe is conducted by an international investigative group, which includes representatives of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and Malaysia. The trial in the case of a downed flight began on March 9, 2020 in the SHIPGOL court complex in the Netherlands. By the way, in February this year, the President of the aggressor Vladimir Putin gave the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade the honorary name of the Guards.

It should be reminded that investigators in the MH17 case in the Hague during a press conference dedicated to the suspension of the investigation, acquainted the public with the recording of Putin's intercepted conversation and the leader of "LNR" Igor Plotnitsky. According to the Dutch investigators, it was at the instructions of Putin that the DNR fighters were erected by the Buk's anti-aircraft missile system, from which the Malaysian Boeing was subsequently shot.