Russia’s defense minister on Wednesday told his Malaysian counterpart that Ukraine bore full responsibility for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash that left 298 dead

Russia’s defense minister on Wednesday told his Malaysian counterpart that Ukraine bore full responsibility for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash that left 298 dead.
  
"The crash happened in the airspace of Ukraine which bears full, total responsibility for what has happened," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Hishammuddin Hussein, who was in Moscow to discuss the ongoing MH17 investigation.
  
"I am convinced that if Ukraine solved its domestic problems without the use of armed forces, without the bloodshed there over the past month, without the use of heavy artillery... this tragedy would not have happened," Shoigu said in televised remarks.
  
Hishammuddin arrived in Moscow a day after Dutch investigators released a preliminary report on the July 17 disaster "I very much appreciate your patience," he told Russian authorities, referring to the ongoing investigation.
  
Hishammuddin was also due to meet with Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, Malaysia's Moscow embassy and the Russian foreign ministry said. "The visit will last less than a day," a spokeswoman for the embassy said. Hishammuddin was in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Tuesday and will visit Amsterdam next, the spokeswoman added.