Germany Says Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine Downed MH17 With Captured Missiles

KIEV, Ukraine – Germany’s federal intelligence service has concluded that pro-Russian rebels shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 using a missile system captured from a Ukrainian military base, the German news magazine Spiegel reported on Sunday The findings of the intelligence service, known as BND, contradict claims by Kiev and the West that the rebels fired on the passenger jet using an advanced surface-to-air “Buk” missile system provided to them by Russia. See also: Report on MH17 ...