The former Russian security officer convicted of shooting down Malaysian airlines flight MH17 was arrested in Moscow, as the Kremlin widened a crackdown on dissent after last month’s Wagner mutiny.
The downing of the MH17 flight on July 17, 2014, is "one of the most terrible pages of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine," the Foreign Ministry said on the ninth anniversary of the crime.
was funding these groups responsible for a number of atrocities. mh17 being one of them. there are many more and interestingly lots of the cities mentioned in this indictment are ones we are familiar with today, at this time it was considered by many to be a forgotten war but now it is one of the hottest on the planet. i will read you some of the other claims later by ukraine. ukraine blames russia for supporting the pro russian separatist forces, financing plan, which were responsible for shelling of residential areas in mariupol and others, the destruction of a civilian passenger bus, an explosion during a peaceful gathering in the car keys and of course the destruction of flight mh17, killing all 298 people on board a peaceful gathering in kharkiv. there
sustainability think tank. thank you. and you may remember these images from eastern ukraine in 2014. malaysia airlines flight mh17 was shot down with a missile, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board. ukraine and russia face off at the top united nations court today over moscow s alleged backing of the pro russian separatists blamed for the disaster. judges at the international court ofjustice will hear ukraine s claim that moscow violated a un anti terrorism treaty by equipping and funding pro russian forces who international investigators concluded shot down the jetliner with a buk missile. live now to our correspondent anna holligan who s in the hague. hello, and are, what has taken place today so far? i