Abaphenyi bamazwe omhlaba: 3 baseRussia, 1 wase-Ukraine obhekele ukudubula phansi kweMalaysian Airlines MH17

Abaphenyi bamazwe ngamazwe beJoint Investigation Team (JIT) basole abantu baseRussia abathathu noyedwa wase-Ukraine ngo-2014 ngokuwisa indiza i-Malaysian Airlines i-MH17, bathi baqoqa ubufakazi obanele bamacala okubulala azokwethulwa enkantolo yaseDutch.

Inkantolo izonquma ukuthi abasolwa abane banecala yini kulesi sigameko sokuhlasela kwamaphekula esidlule nemiphefumulo engu-298. Indiza idutshulwe umcibisholo we-Buk osuka phezulu uya emoyeni ngasempumalanga ye-Ukraine phakathi nombango wezikhali phakathi kukahulumeni wase-Ukraine namavukelambuso asekela iRussia. Iningi lezisulu bekungabagibeli baseDutch.

I-JIT isole amaphekula asekela iRussia ngokudubula indiza yabantu. Umsolwa ophambili ngu-Igor Girkin, ongowaseRussia, owayengumkhuzi wamavukelambuso omkhulu ngaphansi kwegama lika-Igor Strelkov ngaleso sikhathi. Abanye abasolwa ngozakwabo abashokobezi abamelene ne-Ukraine nabantu baseRussia uSergey Dubinsky no-Oleg Pulatov kanye noLeonid Kharchenko wase-Ukraine.

Abaphenyi baphethe ngokuthi laba bantu abane banesibopho sokuletha isiqhumane se-Buk se-Misile e-Ukraine sisuka endaweni yaseRussia futhi basisebenzise ukudubula indiza i-MH17. Uphenyo luveze ukuthi le nhlekelele kungenzeka ukuthi yenzeke ngengozi, amavukelambuso akholelwa ukuthi abeqonde endizeni yezempi yase-Ukraine. Lokho, kusho i-JIT, akwenzi ubugebengu bube bubi kakhulu.

I-JIT ithe abasolwa abathathu kumanje baseRussia kanti owesine use-Ukraine. INetherlands izokhipha izincwadi ezigunyaza ukuboshwa kwalaba bantu abane emazweni omhlaba, kodwa ngeke ifune ukubuyiselwa kwamanye amazwe, njengoba i-Ukraine neRussia ayivunyelwe ukukhipha izakhamizi zayo ngenxa yemithetho-sisekelo yazo. Lokhu kwenza kube mancane amathuba okuthi noma yimuphi kulaba bantu abane uzoma phambi kwenkantolo, uma iqala ngoMashi 2020, kusho i-JIT.

U-Girkin uyaziphika lezi zinsolo ngokugcizelela ukuthi yena namadoda akhe ababanga necala ngokudilizwa kwendiza ebihamba kabi.

I-JIT ihlanganisa abameleli abavela e-Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine naseNetherlands.

"I-Ukraine iyazamukela iziphetho zeThimba Lokuphenya Ngokuhlanganyela ku-MH17. UMongameli wase-Ukraine wethemba ukuthi… labo abanecala lalokhu kubulala ngehlazo kwezingane, abesifazane namadoda, bazofakwa ezikhundleni,” kusho uMongameli osanda kukhethwa uVolodymyr Zelensky esitatimendeni.

IMoscow isolwa ngokuhlinzeka ngesiqalisi se-Buk kanye nemicibisholo, izinsolo eziphikayo.

Iqembu elizinze e-UK, iBellingcat, lishicilele owalo umbiko onohlu olude lwabantu, elibasola ngokudubula ibhanoyi. Abasolwa abane abashiwo yi-JIT bakulolo hlu.