providing the transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR) unit that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on 17 July 2014. According to Bellingcat's January 2016 investigation, the brigade's soldiers were involved in shooting down of the aircraft. On 24 May 2018, the joint investigation team (JIT) concluded that MH17 was shot down using a Buk missile system belonging to the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. Commanders The brigade has been commanded by the following officers. Colonel I.P. Popov (19671973) Colonel A.S. Samoylenko (19731977) Colonel Y.S. Dudchenko (19771983) Colonel Yu. A. Yarchak (19831985) Colonel Yu. V. Filkov (19851991) Colonel I.P. Kondrashov (19911992) Colonel G.N. Chernov (19922004) Colonel Alexander Viktorovich Donets (20052009) Colonel V.V. Kukushkin (20092011) Colonel A. Yu. Zolotov (20112013) Colonel Sergey Borisovich Muchkayev (2013present) References Citations Bibliography External links History of the Brigade on Russian MoD PVO Anniversary page Surface-to-air missile brigades of the Russian Ground Forces Surface-to-air missile brigades of the Soviet Ground Forces Military units and formations established in 1967 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17