(From left) Digna van Boetzelaer and Andy Kraag of the Netherlands; David McLean of Australia; Asha Hoe Soo Lian of Malaysia; Eric van der Sypt of Belgium; and Oleksandr Bannyk of Ukraine take their seats for the Joint Investigation Team news conference on the results of the ongoing investigation into the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. AP PHOTO
(From left) Digna van Boetzelaer and Andy Kraag of the Netherlands; David McLean of Australia; Asha Hoe Soo Lian of Malaysia; Eric van der Sypt of Belgium; and Oleksandr Bannyk of Ukraine take their seats for the Joint Investigation Team news conference on the results of the ongoing investigation into the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. AP PHOTO
(From left) Digna van Boetzelaer and Andy Kraag of the Netherlands; David McLean of Australia; Asha Hoe Soo Lian of Malaysia; Eric van der Sypt of Belgium; and Oleksandr Bannyk of Ukraine take their seats for the Joint Investigation Team news conference on the results of the ongoing investigation into the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. AP PHOTO

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Russian President Vladimir Putin likely decided to supply the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine, but there is no realistic prospect of prosecuting him or others, investigators said on Wednesday.

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