When MH17's passengers and crew joined Ukraine's war dead
- 9 years ago
“Ukraine has been remembering the victims of the Malaysian plane shot out of the sky in Donbass one year ago. Like then, Ukrainians have brought flowers and candles to the Dutch embassy in Kyiv,” euronews correspondent Maria Korenyuk reported.
While residents in the capital paid their respects, women and children led a procession to the fields where the plane came down, near the village of Hrobove. Pro-Russian rebels still control the area.
Most of the passengers on board MH17 were Dutch, the others Australian, Malaysian, Indonesian, British, German, Belgian, Philippino, Canadian and New Zealander.
One Kyiv resident said: “I don’t know what to say. I can understand the relatives’ grief. It’s a tough time for them. I think all honest and fair minded people are in mourning with them.”
Oleksandr Chernenko, a member of parliament in President Petro Poroshenko’s Block, said: “We pay tribute to all those killed, but our main aim is to draw the world’s attention to the fact that t
While residents in the capital paid their respects, women and children led a procession to the fields where the plane came down, near the village of Hrobove. Pro-Russian rebels still control the area.
Most of the passengers on board MH17 were Dutch, the others Australian, Malaysian, Indonesian, British, German, Belgian, Philippino, Canadian and New Zealander.
One Kyiv resident said: “I don’t know what to say. I can understand the relatives’ grief. It’s a tough time for them. I think all honest and fair minded people are in mourning with them.”
Oleksandr Chernenko, a member of parliament in President Petro Poroshenko’s Block, said: “We pay tribute to all those killed, but our main aim is to draw the world’s attention to the fact that t