After the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17 , 2014 , a YouTube video and photo emerged with citizen journalists claiming the material was from Snizhne and showed a Buk missile launcher . On 28 September 2016 , the Joint Investigation Team , investigating into the shoot down , confirmed that the aircraft had been brought down with a 9M38 BUK missile which had been fired from a rebel-controlled field near town of Pervomaiske , south of Snizhne
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
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