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The defense of the Russian Oleg Pulatov, who is being accused in the case of the accident of the Malaysian Boeing flight MH17, wants to question the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov, about the video with the supposed Buk air defense missile system, as well as well as his deputy, Anton Gerashchenko.
The defense of Russian Oleg Pulatov, accused in the case of the accident of the Malaysian Boeing MH17 flight over the Donbas, wants to question Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and his deputy Anton Gerashchenko. This is reported by UNN.
The request is related to the publication of photos and videos related to the transport of the Buk missile launcher.
“Gerashchenko was interviewed as a witness on August 29, 2017. In July 2014, he worked as an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister. In his statement, he said that someone named Kropachov had installed cameras on Snezhnoye and Torez streets, and claimed that these cameras recorded the movement of the military equipment … The defense would like to question Gerashchenko, Kropachov and the one who took the photo, “said one of the lawyers.
Pulatov’s defense also asks to question several witnesses who said they saw the Buk and learned of his transportation.
“On July 18, 2014, Arsen Avakov, the Minister of the Interior of Ukraine, posted a link to the video, which was mentioned above … In the message, he stated that, most likely, the secret surveillance units of the Ministry of Interior on July 18, 2014 at 4.50 a.m. they observed the transport of a rocket launcher along the Russian border … We would like to question Mr. Avakov as a witness, “said the lawyers.
They also asked to question former DPR activist Vladimir Tsemakh as a witness.
Boeing 777, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on flight MH17, crashed on July 17, 2014 near Torez, Donetsk region. All 298 people on board died (citizens of the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada and New Zealand).
According to the findings of the international investigation team, flight MH17 was shot down from the Buk compound in the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants. After the plane crash, the weapon was returned to the Russian Federation. Investigators clarified that the Buk came to Donbass from the Kursk region. In May 2018, the Netherlands and Australia officially blamed Russia for the crash of flight MH17.
On March 9, 2020, the Hague District Court began hearing the Malaysian plane crash case. There are four defendants in the case: the “Defense Minister” of the “DPR” group, the Russian citizen Igor Girkin (Strelkov), the head of the “GRU DPR”, the Russian citizen Sergei Dubinsky (Khmury), his subordinate, Russian citizen Oleg Pulatov (Gyurza), and also a Ukrainian citizen, commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the second section of the “GRU DNR” Leonid Kharchenko (Krot).
The hearings resumed the day before, November 3.
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