The chief lawyer of a Dutch-led team of international investigators said the missile and launcher used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine in July of 2014 came from the Russian military. The long-running investigation had already had decided that a Russian-made Buk antiaircraft missile downed Flight 17. On Tuesday, the team announced that the launcher belonged to Russia's 53rd anti-aircraft brigade. The announcement opens the possibility that the Dutch could sue the Russians for the attack that killed all 298 people on board. The Russian Defense Ministry rejected the findings of the investigative team.
Title: Russians Downed Malaysia Passenger Plane in 2014
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/malaysia_plane.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Russians Downed Malaysia Passenger Plane in 2014' data-article-id='3117'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='22917'>The chief lawyer of a Dutch-led team of international investigators said the missile and launcher used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine in July of 2014 came from the Russian military.</span> <span data-start-time='22917' data-end-time='34833'>The long-running investigation had already had decided that a Russian-made Buk antiaircraft missile downed Flight 17.</span> <span data-start-time='34833' data-end-time='45542'>On Tuesday, the team announced that the launcher belonged to Russia's 53rd anti-aircraft brigade.</span> <span data-start-time='45542' data-end-time='61188'>The announcement opens the possibility that the Dutch could sue the Russians for the attack that killed all 298 people on board.</span> <span data-start-time='61188' data-end-time='70500'>The Russian Defense Ministry rejected the findings of the investigative team.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/defense_attorney.m4a'><span>defense attorney</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/investigative_team.m4a'><span>investigative team</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10838 data-hint-location='45542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/what_could_the_dutch_do.m4a'>What could the Dutch do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='sue the Russians'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/attack_people.m4a'><span>attack people</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/sue_the_russians.m4a'><span>sue the Russians</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/open_an_investigation.m4a'><span>open an investigation</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/call_on_allies.m4a'><span>call on allies</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10839 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/the_missile_and_launcher_came_from__blank_.m4a'>The missile and launcher came from <span class='blank'>Russian military</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Russian military'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2588/the_investigative_team.m4a'><span>the investigative team</span></div><div class='choice' 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