The missile that shot down a passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014 was trucked in from Russia, investigators found. 298 people died

The missile that shot down a passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014 was trucked in from Russia, investigators found. 298 people died.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 7:19 AM EDT

A Dutch-led investigation has concluded that the powerful surface-to-air missile system that was used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine two years ago, killing all 298 on board, was trucked in from Russia at the request of Russian-backed separatists and returned to Russia the same night.

The report largely confirmed the already widely documented Russian government role not only in the deployment of the missile system, called a Buk, or SA-11, but the subsequent cover up, which continues to this day.

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