A Malaysian airliner shot down in eastern Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by rebels fighting Ukrainian government forces, international prosecutors said Wednesday.
The findings challenge Moscow's suggestion that Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was brought down by the Ukrainian military.
All 298 people on board, most of them Dutch citizens, were killed.
It was not clear whether an order had been given for fighters to launch the missile or whether they had acted independently, the prosecutors said.
First-hand radar data identified all flying objects which could have been launched or were in the air over the territory controlled by rebels at that moment.
