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Special correspondent of Russia`s Novaya Gazeta Pavel Kanygin has found exclusive proof of involvement of Russian Colonel Sergey Dubinsky, nom de guerre Khmuryi (‘Gloomy’ or ‘Grumpy’), in the organization of the MH17 downing in occupied territory in Donbas in July 2014.
Kanygin has presented evidence of a veteran reconnaissance officer of the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-1989) who has recognized that the voice on SBU records, which is said to be Khmuryi`s, belongs to his former comrade-in-arms, now colonel of the Russian army Dubinsky, Novaya Gazeta wrote in its investigative material titled ”Khmuryi`s Voice” published on April 24.
What is more, the analysis of the records conducted by Swedish specialists at the newspaper`s request confirms the high probability that it is Dubinsky`s voice.
Dubinsky is said to be tasked with the relocation of the Russian-made Buk missile complex used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board. All of them died in the incident.
A powerful new exhibition of photographs of children who have suffered in the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has opened at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
Here's an update from our news desk:
OSCE Starts Probe Into Deadly Car Explosion In Donbas
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has launched an internal investigation into a car explosion that killed an OSCE observer in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.
The OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier said on April 25 after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that other investigations will also be launched to find out who is responsible for the April 23 explosion.
American paramedic Joseph Stone was killed and two other OSCE monitors -- a German woman and a Czech man -- were wounded when the car they were traveling in drove over a landmine on April 23.
"I'm now setting an internal investigation. There will be also a criminal investigation to understand who is responsible for this outcome," Zannier told reporters.
"A mine was left on a road which is also used by civilians, and there could have been other victims as well."
Lavrov said Moscow favors tightening the security measures for the OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine.
The OSCE's mission has been set up to monitor the conflict between Ukraine's government forces and Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
The conflict in Ukraine has killed more than 9,900 people since April 2014.