Three guys guilty of downing MH17 killing 298 individuals on board

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    The MH17 flight went missing in 2014 and it has now been revealed it was shot down by a Russian missile (Picture: Reuters)

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    The MH17 flight went missing out on in 2014 and it has actually now been exposed it was shot down by a Russian rocket (Picture: Reuters)

    Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in 2014 by a Russian- made rocket fired from a field in eastern Ukraine, a court has actually heard.

    Three guys have actually been condemned of eliminating 298 individuals on board the flight.

    Russians Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy, and Ukrainian nationwide Leonid Kharchenko, were condemned of 298 counts of murder and ‘unlawfully causing an airplane to crash’ by the Hague District Court at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.

    Fourth accused Oleg Pulatov was acquitted after the court discovered he had no anticipation of the strategy to fire the rocket.

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    Ria van der Steen, who lost her father and stepmother in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, clenches her fist after the court's verdict at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. A Dutch court has convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. One Russian was acquitted for lack of evidence. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
    Ria van derSteen, who lost her dad and stepmother in the crash clenches her fist after the court’s decision(Picture: AP)
    Ria van der Steen, who lost her father and stepmother in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, speaks to media after the court's verdict at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. A Dutch court has convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. One Russian was acquitted for lack of evidence. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
    Ria van derSteen speaking outside the court after the decision(Picture: AP)
    (FILES) In this file photo taken on November 11, 2014 Journalists walk behind parts of the Malaysia Airlines plane Flight MH17 as Dutch investigators (unseen) arrive near at the crash site near the Grabove village in eastern Ukraine, hoping to collect debris from the Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in July, killing 298 people, in remote rebel-held territory east of Donetsk. - A Dutch court gives its verdict on November 17, 2022 in the trial of four men over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 above Ukraine in 2014, as tensions soar over Russia's invasion eight years later. All 298 passengers and crew were killed when the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was hit over separatist-held eastern Ukraine by what investigators say was a missile supplied by Moscow. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)(************** ).
    The wreckage of the crash in2014(Picture: AFP)
    FILE - Australian and Dutch investigators examine pieces of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the village of Hrabove, Russian-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. A Dutch court is set to deliver verdicts Thursday in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian rebel for their alleged roles in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over conflict-torn eastern Ukraine in 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
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    Nor did he have the authority to overthrowDubinskiy’s order to discover the rocket, the court mentioned.

    MH17 was an aircraft owned byMalaysiaAirlines heading fromAmsterdam toKualaLumpur onJuly17,2014

    Photographs from the website of the crash program spread pieces of damaged fuselage and engine parts, bodies, and passports, all of which were topped a50 square km radius.

    Investigators verified that the rockets gone for the airplane stemmed from the53 rdAnti-AircraftMissile brigade, based in the westernRussian city ofKurs

    As the flight flew over theRussia-Ukraine border, it lost contact, and it’s believed that it decreased over theDonetskOblast inUkraine

    The DutchSafetyBoard later on concluded that it had actually been struck by aBuk rocket, and damaged apart in the air.

    All283 travelers and15 team on board were eliminated in the crash.

    The crash spread wreckage and bodies over farmland and fields of sunflowers.

    Against the geopolitical turmoil brought on byRussia’s full-blown intrusion ofUkraine, the court likewise held thatMoscow had general control of the separatistDonetskPeople’sRepublic
    in easternUkraine, from where it stated the attack was released.

    (FILES) In this file photo taken on November 11, 2014 Journalists look at parts of the Malaysia Airlines plane Flight MH17 as Dutch investigators (unseen) arrive at the crash site near the Grabove village in eastern Ukraine, hoping to recover debris from the Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in July, killing 298 people, in remote rebel-held territory east of Donetsk. - A Dutch court gives its verdict on November 17, 2022 in the trial of four men over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 above Ukraine in 2014, as tensions soar over Russia's invasion eight years later. All 298 passengers and crew were killed when the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was hit over separatist-held eastern Ukraine by what investigators say was a missile supplied by Moscow. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images).
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    ) take a look at parts of theMalaysiaAirlines airplaneFlight MH17(Picture:Getty)
    epa10310276 Lawyer Peter Langstraat (R) sits in court at the Schiphol Judicial Complex in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, 17 November 2022. A court in the Netherlands on 17 November is set to rule in the criminal trial over the downing of flight MH17. Four men are being prosecuted for their involvement in the crash of Malaysian Airlines passenger plane flight MH17, which was gunned down over Ukraine???s Donetsk region on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL
    A court in theNetherlands has actually ruled on the fates of 4 guys who were charged with the murder of298 individuals(Picture: EPA)

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    None of the offenders stood for the trial that
    started inMarch2020 and if they are founded guilty, it’s not likely they will serve any sentence anytime quickly.

    Prosecutors had actually looked for life sentences for all 4.Prosecutors and the suspects have 2 weeks to submit an appeal.

    PresidingJudgeHendrikSteenhuis openedThursday’s hearing and stated‘the court takes the view that the MH17 was brought down by a Buk missile’ released from a farming field in easternUkraine

    The judge stated he would go on to rule on other legal problems and the regret or innocence of the suspects later on in the hearing.

    Tension was high amongst households prior to the hearing.(******************* ).

    ‘The truth on the table — that is the most important thing,’ statedAntonKotte, who lost his child, daughter-in-law and his 6-year-old grand son when MH17 was shot down.He stated the hearing was a‘D-Day’ for loved ones.

    Robbert vanHeijningen, who lost his sibling, sister-in-law and nephew, called the downing‘an act of barbarism’ that he might never ever put behind him, no matter the decision.

    ‘I call it a stone in my heart, and stones … don’ t vanish,’ he stated.

    None of the suspects stood for the trial that started inMarch2020 and if they are founded guilty, it’s not likely they will serve any sentence anytime quickly.

    Prosecutors have actually looked for life sentences for all 4.Prosecutors and the suspects have 2 weeks to submit an appeal.

    TheHagueDistrict Court sat at a high-security courtroom at SchipholAirport

    ForeignSecretaryJamesCleverly stated, after the conclusion of theFlight MH17 trial, in which 3 people were condemned of murder:‘Today’ s guilty decisions, founding guilty 3 people of murder in relation to the downing of MH17,
    are an essential action in protecting justice for the households of the victims.

    ‘Two hundred and ninety 8 lives, consisting of those of10British nationals, were unfortunately lost onJuly172014

    ‘Thousands more have actually been ravaged in the years considering that, as friends and family continue to grieve for their enjoyed ones.

    ‘The downing of MH17 was a stunning infraction of global standards which keep our societies safe.

    ‘It serves as a stark reminder of the human cost of Russia’ s actions inUkraine over several years.

    ‘My thoughts remain with the families of all those killed in this heinous attack, including people from the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Belgium, Germany, the Philippines, New Zealand and Canada.’

    Hundreds of relative of individuals eliminated had actually taken a trip to the court to hear the decision, bringing them back to the airport their enjoyed ones left on the eventful day MH17 was shot down.

    Outside the court, airplanes might be heard removing and landing close by on a cold, gray day.

    Dutch district attorneys state the rocket launcher originated from the53 rdAnti-AircraftMissileBrigade, a system of theRussian militaries based in the(********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* )city ofKursk and was driven back there after MH17 was shot down.

    The suspects aren’t implicated of shooting the rocket however of interacting to get it to the field where it was fired.

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    They are implicated of reducing the airplane and the murder of all those on board.

    The most senior accused founded guilty isIgorGirkin, a51- year-old previous colonel inRussia’sFederalSecurityService, or FSB.

    At the time of the downing, he was defense minister and leader of the militaries of the self-proclaimedDonetskPeople’sRepublic– the area where the airplane was shot down.

    Girkin apparently is presently associated withRussia’s war onUkraine

    Also founded guilty wereGirkin’s subordinates,SergeyDubinskiy andLeonidKharchenko, aUkrainian who district attorneys state was leader of a pro-Russia rebel fight system and took orders straight fromDubinskiy

    (******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* )Pulatovis the just one of the suspects who was acquited represented by defense attorney at the trial.They implicated district attorneys of‘tunnel vision’ in basing their case on the findings of a global examination into the downing while disregarding other possible causes.

    In a video tape-recording played in court,Pulatov insisted he was innocent and informed judges:‘What matters to me is that the truth is revealed. It’ s essential for me that my nation is not blamed for this catastrophe.’

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