Russia must assume responsibility for MH17 downing: UN aviation agency
The ICAO says Russia must pay damages for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.
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Relatives of the passengers and crew killed in the shooting down of flight MH17 testify in Dutch court for first time.
![Spokesperson for victims' relatives Ria van der Steen, centre, arrives at the Schiphol Judicial Complex in Badhoevedorp [Koen van Weel/ ANP via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9MB6PG.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Boeing 777 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by a missile from rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Four defendants are standing trial, three in absentia, over the 2014 downing of the MH17 passenger jet over Ukraine.
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