UN agency finds Russia responsible for downing flight MH17 in 2014
The Netherlands and Australia brought the case against Russia before the Montreal-based global aviation agency in 2022.
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The Netherlands and Australia brought the case against Russia before the Montreal-based global aviation agency in 2022.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/13/un-agency-finds-russia-responsible-for-downing-flight-mh17-in-2014
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00:00The United Nations Aviation Agency has found Russia guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 while it flew over Ukraine in July 2014.
00:12The commercial plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people on board the flight were killed.
00:20A Dutch-led international investigation concluded in 2016 that the aircraft was shot down with a Buk missile system delivered from Russia.
00:29The UN's case against Russia was launched by the Netherlands and Australia in 2022 and now they have welcomed the verdict.
00:38Moscow has repeatedly denied downing the plane and has offered a variety of other theories of what could have happened.
00:45However, an abundance of evidence and numerous international investigations have formed a detailed picture of the events leading up to the plane crash.