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Relatives of MH17 shooting victims mark 10 years of tragedy that killed 298

Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered with officials at Australia's Parliament House on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives. One of those relatives, Paul Guard, mostly blames the conflict raging in eastern Ukraine a decade ago for the missile attack that killed 38 Australian citizens and permanent residents including his parents, Toowoomba doctors Roger and Jill Guard. I don't think anyone intended to bring down a passenger plane. So in that sense, I'm heartbroken that the conflict continues, Paul Guard told Australian Broadcasting Corp. But I think that a lot of families would really have just liked an acknowledgement that what happened was wrong and that Russia should not have been waging war, the son added. The conflict has since escalated into a full-scale war with Russia's invasion of its smaller neighbour in February 2022. The pro-Russia rebel-held border region from where

No Dutch prosecutors won't appeal sole acquittal in 2014 MH17 trial

The Dutch prosecutor's office said Thursday that it will not appeal the acquittal of a man charged in the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet as it flew over eastern Ukraine in 2014, citing concerns over the stress it would place on the families of the 298 people killed in the tragedy. Earlier this month, a court in the Netherlands convicted three other men in absentia for supplying the Russian surface-to-air missile which was used to bring down Flight 17, killing everyone on board the Boeing 777. Oleg Pulatov, a Russian who was the only suspect represented by defense lawyers at the trial, was acquitted for lack of evidence. An appeal would be a great burden for the next of kin, because they would then remain in uncertainty about the outcome of the criminal case, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service said in a statement. All of the men are believed to be in Russia, which does not extradite its own nationals. Through his lawyers, Pulatov maintained he was not ...

Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of flight MH17

MH17 was shot out of the sky on July 17, 2014, over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur

Investigators to reveal new MH17 probe findings next week 5 yrs after crash

Relatives of the 298 people killed will be informed first next Wednesday, followed by a media briefing, the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team said in a statement

EU calls for trials of those who brought down MH17

MH17 flight was downed by a surface-to-air missile fired from eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels on July 17, 2014