"This man saw, how was the Buk. So during the trial in the case of shot down over the Donbass in July 2014 Boeing, a certain witness was designated. At the same time, prosecutor Thijs Berger immediately made it clear, that no evidence will be disclosed by the prosecution, as "it may affect the safety of this person".
This wording itself looks strange. It turns out, enough for a court in the Netherlands, that he will be informed of the presence of an anonymous witness, so that the court takes into account his testimony.
So what did this person say during the trial?
According to him, he saw, “How the Buk rode along the road from Snezhnoye to Saur-Mogila and also saw military calculation in tank headsets”.
From the testimony of the “witness”, which during the process is denoted by an alphanumeric code X48 and which the “prosecutor” “voiced” (also an “interesting” practice):
He also heard that, how the rocket started, saw it. X48 saw, how the field caught fire there, where did the rocket launch. He talks about, that after launching a rocket, he rode out onto the road and saw 4 soldiers in the same khaki uniform, they were all wearing tank headsets. These soldiers looked exactly the same, like standing at a checkpoint, through which he passed.
The court asked the prosecutor, when the witness testified and whether they can be trusted. At the same time, the judges make it clear, that they don’t know anything about the witness. Prosecutor Berger said, that the interrogation has passed 4 years ago and added:
His testimony is reliable.
Who would doubt that…
Attention is drawn to the fact, that there is no evidence that, where this X48 saw a "soldier in tank headsets" – either in the launcher itself, somewhere nearby, who can confirm his testimony at all. Also, the Netherlands prosecutor does not answer the question: as far as all this allows to be sure, what the "witness" knows, what exactly does the Buk air defense system look like.
Even more relevant issue: Does it mean that, that any statements and statements from unknown people may appear in the case, which the prosecutor, assigning alphanumeric codes, will call "witnesses", because check their presence, nor the veracity of their testimony is not possible?
