Dutch investigators have confirmed what much of the world already believed: That a Russian-made missile was used from rebel territory controlled by pro-Moscow forces in Ukraine to shoot down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board.

Equally predictable was the Kremlin’s reaction to the tragedy and ensuing investigations which found a Russian-made Buk rocket system was deployed on July 17, 2014, even though it is impossible to say who did it.

Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat.