1 Sep 2014 12:20

Investigators should return to plane crash site near Donetsk to study debris - Lavrov

MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) - Russia believes investigators should return to the Malaysian plane crash site in the Donetsk region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"I believe investigators should go back there. Why are they not studying the debris that is lying there? They can be photographed, they can be approached. Experts can probably understand what weapons were used by the nature of the holes in the fuselage, the wings, and the cockpit," Lavrov said while meeting with students of the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations.

"Our attempts to achieve some information, at least publish some interim reports, have so far not lead to anything," the minister said.

"As to the statements that it was done by militia with Russia's assistance, why are they not substantiated by at least one photograph from space? Why are some pictures from Youtube being published instead of that? It's a very dark story" Lavrov said.