KW: Here are two version of what happened, the report Winston Peters refers to firmly denied by Russia as the radar evidence that russia immediately filed with investigators was not used in making conclusions by the Dutch team. If it is true then the action is despicable but having researched the event a lot a don’t know just why Russia would do such a thing, they only harvest hatred for doing so and had no motive. You can’t say that about Ukraine forces at war trying to stop the eastern provinces of Luansk and Donesk from declaring independence following a coup that was American backed and not Russian at all.

https://www.rt.com/news/427669-mh17-russia-ukraine-dutch/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12058605