© RIA Novosti. Sergey SubbotinRussiaโs envoy to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov
Russia handed
all of its Defense Ministry's data on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine to the European Union, but has seen
no reaction yet, Russia's envoy to the European Union
Vladimir Chizhov said Wednesday.
"We handed it [data] on Tuesday, as soon as we got it in writing in Russian and English. We forwarded it to all the people concerned," Chizhov told journalists in Brussels.
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There has been no reaction so far," Chizhov added.
Russia's Defense Ministry revealed on Sunday its information on the situation in the Donetsk Region ahead of the Boeing 777 crash last Thursday. The presented data raised questions for Kiev, as it
showed an unusual activity of Ukrainian combat forces on the day of the tragedy, a Buk missile system placed near the territory held by independence supporters, and a military plane that approached the Malaysian airliner just before the crash.
The presented data has so far caused only the US reaction with the US authorities questioning the claims Russia made.
"[The reaction] was rather predictable - they [the US] questioned the Russian data. It is their right. But
if they are in doubt, they should have presented their own evidence, which they haven't done so far. Let me add that Americans have never presented factual proof in such situations, calling their information surveillance, which can discredit sources if revealed, and so on," Chizhov said.
The envoy recalled the scandal the United States found itself in 1988, when a US missile cruiser Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner, killing 290 civilians, as it mistook the plane for a military aircraft. At that time, then US President George Bush Sr. said,
"I will never apologize for the United States - I don't care what the facts are."
Comment: In short, the US doesn't have any evidence.