MH17: Ukraine separatist commander admits rebels had Buk missile system

Alexander Khodakovsky makes first such admission by senior separatist figure following downing of Malaysia Airlines plane

A top rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has admitted the armed separatist movement had control of a Buk missile system, which Kiev and western countries say was used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane last week.

Alexander Khodakovsky, who leads the Vostok battalion one of the main rebel formations said the rebels may have received the Buk from Russia, in the first such admission by a senior separatist.

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