ST PETERSBURG, May 25 — President Vladimir Putin said today that a Russian army missile did not bring down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, rebuffing Dutch investigators who concluded that a Russian missile system was used in the attack.

The Netherlands said today that it held the Russian state responsible and a Dutch Cabinet statement said a "possible” next step would be presenting the case to an international court, adding Australia shared its assessment of Russia’s role.

Putin, when asked at an economic forum in St Petersburg whether a Russian army missile was involved, said: "Of course not”.

Putin said that Moscow could not fully trust Dutch findings about the incident because Moscow had not been involved in the investigation. — Reuters