MH17 case: Suspect denies involvement

One of four suspects on trial for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has denied any involvement with firing or supplying the missile allegedly used in the jet's destruction. Oleg Pulatov "did not contribute and he was not involved" in the incident, his lawyer Sabine ten Doesschate told The Hague District Court yesterday. "He did not and does not have any knowledge of how and why MH17 was downed." MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a missile fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels during fighting in eastern Ukraine, international investigators say. All 298 people on board were killed. After an investigation lasting nearly six years, four defendants went on trial in March. <br/>
Reuters
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/world-briefs-mh17-case-suspect-denies-involvement
9/29/20