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Dutch prosecutors said Friday that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which crashed in eastern Ukraine in July, was most likely shot from the ground, but before charges could be laid the missile launch site should be defined, RIA Novosti reported.

"The most likely scenario was that the plane was shot down from the ground," Dutch chief investigator Fred Westerbeke told journalists in Rotterdam as quoted by AFP.

"When we know from where it was fired, then we can find out who controlled that area," he added.

On Tuesday, the Dutch Safety Board issued a preliminary report on the MH17 crash, saying that the Malaysia Airlines flight broke up in the air probably as the result of structural damage caused by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside.

However, many international experts found the information from the report inconclusive.

The Dutch Safety Board stated that the investigation team will now be working towards producing its final report, which is due next summer.