Russia was responsible for shooting down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew, the United Nations aviation council has ruled.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam in July 2014 when it was destroyed by a Russian surface-to-air missile. Two Russian citizens and one Ukrainian were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Dutch court in 2022.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will rule on what form of reparation is appropriate in the coming weeks, the Australian and Dutch governments said. There were 196 Dutch citizens, 43 Malaysians, 38 Australians and ten Britons on board.
“The decision is an important step towards establishing the truth and achieving justice and accountability for all victims of Flight MH17, and their families and loved ones,” Caspar Veldkamp, the Dutch foreign minister, said. “This decision also sends a clear message to the international community: states cannot violate international law with impunity.”
Its good that conclusion on the responsibilty is achieved. However, as we all know, it won’t matter at all because no one will face ANY kind of consequences. Ever.
Russia will keep doing whatever they have been doing and finger shaking has zero effect. Physical and just actions are required but no one is prepared to take action.
United Nations: And we will hold a vote on whether we will ask for Russia’s permission to send them a sternly worded letter.
Crash? Russia shot down a civilian airliner.
Really? 11 years later? And how long until they actually do something about it?
One of the Netherlands’ early Ukraine support packages included 200 Stingers.
I always thought NL missed a golden opportunity for a hard signal there – they could have sent exactly 196 Stingers.
Duh, and the sun rises in the east. Glad they took so long to figure out what was obvious the day it happened.
And the penalty is?
Immediately after this terrorist attack, NATO should’ve stomped out Girkin and his “separatists.
Wow, it only took 12 years to state the obvious
Yeah no shit? we knew this like 10 years ago.
Trump is NOT going to like this…
No shit. That was obvious within hours, confirmed by Bellingcat irrefutably within days, and shrugged off by everyone who could actually hold Putin accountable.
Stop Putin, now, by force.
Donate to the only people on Earth actually putting their lives on the line to do so. Donate directly to Ukraine’s armed forces at [https://u24.gov.ua/](https://u24.gov.ua/)
Also let’s not forget that Russia literally shot a Kazakh plane with AA weaponry last year, refused to let the plane enter Russian airspace and hoped it would crash into the sea. The pilot made it back over land and the rear half of the planes passengers survived the impact and showed clear photos of AA damage to the plane.
And the world did nothing…
So Russia declared war on Malaysia
States can not violate international law? Too bad Trump does not seem to care.
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Russia was responsible for shooting down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew, the United Nations aviation council has ruled.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam in July 2014 when it was destroyed by a Russian surface-to-air missile. Two Russian citizens and one Ukrainian were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Dutch court in 2022.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will rule on what form of reparation is appropriate in the coming weeks, the Australian and Dutch governments said. There were 196 Dutch citizens, 43 Malaysians, 38 Australians and ten Britons on board.
“The decision is an important step towards establishing the truth and achieving justice and accountability for all victims of Flight MH17, and their families and loved ones,” Caspar Veldkamp, the Dutch foreign minister, said. “This decision also sends a clear message to the international community: states cannot violate international law with impunity.”
Its good that conclusion on the responsibilty is achieved. However, as we all know, it won’t matter at all because no one will face ANY kind of consequences. Ever.
Russia will keep doing whatever they have been doing and finger shaking has zero effect. Physical and just actions are required but no one is prepared to take action.
United Nations: And we will hold a vote on whether we will ask for Russia’s permission to send them a sternly worded letter.
Crash? Russia shot down a civilian airliner.
Really? 11 years later? And how long until they actually do something about it?
One of the Netherlands’ early Ukraine support packages included 200 Stingers.
I always thought NL missed a golden opportunity for a hard signal there – they could have sent exactly 196 Stingers.
Duh, and the sun rises in the east. Glad they took so long to figure out what was obvious the day it happened.
And the penalty is?
Immediately after this terrorist attack, NATO should’ve stomped out Girkin and his “separatists.
Wow, it only took 12 years to state the obvious
Yeah no shit? we knew this like 10 years ago.
Trump is NOT going to like this…
No shit. That was obvious within hours, confirmed by Bellingcat irrefutably within days, and shrugged off by everyone who could actually hold Putin accountable.
Stop Putin, now, by force.
Donate to the only people on Earth actually putting their lives on the line to do so. Donate directly to Ukraine’s armed forces at [https://u24.gov.ua/](https://u24.gov.ua/)
Also let’s not forget that Russia literally shot a Kazakh plane with AA weaponry last year, refused to let the plane enter Russian airspace and hoped it would crash into the sea. The pilot made it back over land and the rear half of the planes passengers survived the impact and showed clear photos of AA damage to the plane.
And the world did nothing…
So Russia declared war on Malaysia
States can not violate international law? Too bad Trump does not seem to care.
kick lying terrorussia out of the UN
Took them this long to work it out? Geezus
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