KIEV, May 4 – British investigative journalist group Bellingcat has identified the number of the Buk missile launcher of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian army which was used to down the Malaysian aircraft flight MH17 in Donetsk region on July 17, 2014.

According to Bellingcat, in its previous report "Origin of the Separatists' Buk,“ the Bellingcat team was able to determine that a Buk-M1 TELAR (missile launcher) was under control of the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. It could be established that this Buk photographed in eastern Ukraine on July 17 is identical to a Buk missile launcher transported in June 2014 by the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian army, based in Kursk.