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Contact the JIT

On 19 June 2019, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) announced that four defendants are to be prosecuted for their involvement in the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014. The JIT further announced that the investigation continues and focuses on the crew of the BUK TELAR, and on individuals who were an important link in the decision-making process in the Russian Federation regarding the deployment of this BUK TELAR.

The JIT released intercepted phone calls. These showed that leaders of the armed group ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ (DPR) maintained contact with Russian government officials about Russian military support. These leaders included Alexander Borodai, self-proclaimed ‘prime minister’, and defendant Igor Girkin, self-proclaimed ‘defence minister’. They communicated with Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed leader in Crimea and Vladislav Surkov, a high ranking official of the Russian government.

Recent analysis of witness statements and other information revealed that Russian influence on the DPR went beyond military support and that the ties between Russian officials and DPR-leaders appear closer. The intensity of Russian influence is relevant to investigating further individuals involved in the downing of MH17. That is why today the JIT releases this new appeal for witnesses.

The JIT wants to know more about who gave orders to Borodai, defendant Girkin, other members of the DPR and the crew of the BUK TELAR in the summer of 2014. The JIT wants to get in touch with further witnesses who are able to testify about these command lines and the role that Russian government officials might have had. Today, the JIT releases further recorded conversations. Below we summarise these conversations and ask you specific questions.