Yet another layer of evidence was supplied by Ukrainian villagers.
“You have eyewitnesses to the missile launch,” Pelley said to Westerbeke. “Is that correct?”
“Yeah,” Westerbeke said.
“More than one?” Pelley asked.
“I’d say I have an eyewitness. And how many, I didn’t say how many,” Westerbeke said.
Westerbeke said there is no doubt the missile system came from the 53rd Brigade of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.