It was abandoned because the scandal accomplished nothing and an investigation isn’t in Ukraine/NATO’s interest.
As I posted elsewhere the satellite images can be independently analyzed by geolocation experts. Russia claims you can tell the picture released by the NYT actually corresponds to April 1st and not to March 19 because of the specific position of the shadows (which are different every single day of the year and would even allow one to tell the time of day at which they were taken), and signs of recent rainfall.
Hopefully this will be debated by neutral parties in the future.
I found this article where the author waxes on about what he’d wish for a new Union State interesting. He mentions some of the things most liked and disliked about life in the USSR.