'Undeniable evidence' missile launcher used to down MH17 supplied by Russia: Report

A crowd-funded report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has revealed 'undeniable evidence' that the missile launcher allegedly used by pro-Russian rebels to bring down the plane was supplied by the Russian military.

According to News.com.au, the crowd-funded investigation team headed by investigative journalist Eliot Higgins, the investigation entitled MH17: Source of the Separatists' Buk has been working to uncover the origin of the Buk missile launcher that shot down the plane over eastern Ukraine on July 17 killing 298 people.

In order to track the movements of the Buk missile launcher, the research team that goes by the name of Bellingcat project analysed photographs, videos, social media documentation and eyewitness evidence, mainly using "open source material overlooked by other organisations".

The researchers wrote that it was the opinion of the Bellingcat MH17 investigation team that there was undeniable evidence that separatists in Ukraine were in control of a Buk missile launcher on July 17th and transported it from Donetk to Snizhne on a transporter.

They said that there was strong evidence indicating that the Russian military provided separatists in eastern Ukraine with the Buk missile launcher filmed and photographed in eastern Ukraine on July 17th, the report added.