MH17 may have been downed by Ukrainian fighter jet

Russia's official media has claimed that the recently released satellite images show that the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was downed after it was hit by a Ukrainian fighter jet and not a surface-to-air missile.

According to News.com.au, Russian president Vladimir Putin has been under increasing pressure to apologies for the tragedy.

Ukraine and western countries have been accusing pro-Russian separatists for the downing of flight MH17 in July by a BUK surface-to-air system provided by Russia.

The Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight crashed on July 17 as it flew over eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian separatists, killing all 298 people on board.

German Intelligence authorities had earlier blamed pro-Russian separatists for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine due to the use of missiles captured from government forces.