Russian veterans group to display fragment of Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine
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A Russian veterans organization is planning to display a piece of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine at a museum.
The fragment was given to veterans organization Boyevogo Bratstva in the town Yeisk by residents near the crash site as a sign of respect, the head of the group, Finat Shaikhulin told the Ekho Moskvy radio station Tuesday.
It will be displayed alongside Russian military history items.
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Controversy continues over who shot down the plane last summer, killing all 298 people aboard. Ukraine and the West suspect it was destroyed by a Russian surface-to-air missile fired by Russian forces or Russia-backed separatist rebels who were fighting in the area. Russia denies that, and state-run television has suggested it was downed by a Ukrainian fighter jet.