The Netherlands and Australia held on Friday Russia accountable for the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 that killed all 298 people on board. The two countries "hold Russia responsible for its part in the downing" of the Malaysia Airlines flight, the Dutch government said in a statement. It said a “possible” next step would be presenting the case to an international court or organization for their judgment, adding Australia shared its assessment of Russia’s role. “We call on Russia to accept its responsibility and cooperate fully with the process to establish the truth and achieve justice for the victims of flight MH17,” Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said. “The Netherlands and Australia have asked Russia today to enter a dialogue in order to come to a solution that does justice to the enormous suffering and damage caused by the downing of flight MH17.” The move came a day after investigators concluded that the Russian-made BUK missile which smashed into the plane in mid-air on July 17, 2014 came from a Russian military brigade in Kursk. The plane was traveling from from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Most of the passengers were Dutch, but there were 17 nationalities, including 28 Australians, on board. "The government is now taking the next step by formally holding Russia accountable," Blok said. The Dutch government said state liability was invoked in cases where nations violate international law, but warned it was a "complex legal process and there are several ways to do this." "This is the legal avenue that the Netherlands and Australia have now chosen to pursue," the statement added. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop called for support from the international community for the move. "This represents a threat to international security," she said. "If military weapons can be deployed and then used to bring down civilian aircraft in what was essentially a war zone, then international security is at risk and we call on all countries to inform the Russian Federation that its conduct is unacceptable." Moscow has rejected Thursdays accusations, saying no such weapon had ever crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. The Russian foreign ministry denounced what it called an attempt to "discredit Russia in the eyes of the international community". But investigators, who painstaking recreated the BUK missile systems route from Kursk across the border into rebel-held eastern Ukraine, said they stood by their findings. The Joint Investigation Team "has come to the conclusion that the BUK-TELAR that shot down MH17 came from 53rd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade based in Kursk in Russia," top Dutch investigator Wilbert Paulissen said. "The 53rd Brigade forms part of the Russian armed forces," he told reporters Thursday. Later on Friday, the Kremlin rejected the Dutch and Australian accusations, saying Moscow was not a full-fledged participant in the MH17 investigation and it therefore could not trust the findings It added that it will refer the issue of compensations for families of the victims to the Russian foreign ministry. Investigation officials have not yet said who actually fired the missile after it arrived in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, stressing that the investigation continues.