UN body finds Russia responsible for downed MH17 flight – DW – 05/13/2025
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Almost 300 people were killed when the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. The UN aviation council has ruled that Russian-backed separatists were to blame.

Almost 300 people were killed when the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. The UN aviation council has ruled that Russian-backed separatists were to blame.

The United Nations’ aviation council on Monday, ruled that Russia was responsible for downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine, which killed all of the nearly 300 people on board in 2014.

This number included 196 Dutch citizens and 28 Australian citizens, their governments said in separate statements.

The case was launched in 2022 by Australia and the Netherlands.

  • baduhai@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1381·
    7 months ago

    “This decision also sends a clear message to the international community: states cannot violate international law with impunity.”

    And how have they been punished, exactly?

    “We call upon Russia to finally face up to its responsibility for this horrific act of violence and make reparations for its egregious conduct, as required under international law,”

    You call upon them? So they haven’t been punished and won’t be, got it.