'Identity of perpetrator who shot down MH17 will be announced'

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on October 2 that international investigators will identify the culprit who shot down Malaysian flight MH17.

This Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine two years ago.

MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine.

In an interview with Australian state television, Julie Bishop stressed that the list of those believed to be responsible for shooting down the plane will be confirmed between the end of this year and early next year.

According to Foreign Minister Bishop, the perpetrators will be brought to trial in an international court, similar to the trial of those believed to be responsible for the bombing of a PanAm flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988.

On September 28, a Danish-led international joint investigation team (JIT) announced the results of its investigation, concluding that flight MH17 was shot down by a Buk missile numbered 9M38, fired from eastern Ukraine. The head of the international investigation team, Dutch prosecutor Fred Westerbeke, said the team had identified about 100 people who were believed to have played a “major role” in transporting the missile system used to shoot down the ill-fated plane. However, the identities of these subjects are still unknown.

Meanwhile, a source from the Russian missile manufacturer Almaz-Antey, which specializes in manufacturing the Buk missile system, has denied the above investigation results. Russia's RIA news agency quoted the missile manufacturer Almaz-Antey as saying: the Buk missile that shot down MH17 was fired from territory controlled by the Ukrainian military and the above investigation results have no accompanying technical evidence./.

According to VOV