A Dutch court has sentenced two Russian nationals and one Ukrainian separatist to life imprisonment after they were convicted for their roles in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, which killed all 298 people. The court found that a Russian Buk missile was used to bring down the plane and that Moscow was in control of the separatists at the time of the attack. The court found that the missile launch was carried out deliberately, citing that firing a Buk missile involves a complex process, but believe that the operators likely thought they were targeting a military aircraft rather than a passenger jet. The court found that only the highest prison sentence would be appropriate for former Russian intelligence officers Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy, and Ukrainian separatist leader Leonid Kharchenko. However, Russia says it will not extradite its citizens, who were sentenced in absentia by the Dutch court.
Three men have been found guilty of mass murder in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Three men have been found guilty