Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the conflict zone on 17 July near Torez in Donetsk Oblast , over an area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists . Evidence from open sources indicated that Buk missile launcher , that widely believed to have been used to shoot down the passenger flight , came from Russia , and was transported on 17 July from Donetsk to Snizhne . According to Bellingcat , the launcher was operated by Russian military of 53rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)