Flight Tragedy MH17: The Russia was found guilty of breaking the aircraft and death 298 people 2014.
The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN Air Force agency, has ruled that Russia is responsible for the demolition of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft above Ukraine in 2014. Then 298 passengers and crew members were killed. Among the victims were 196 Dutch and 38 Australian citizens, the G Reuters.
The MH17 flight took off from Amsterdam to Kual Lumpur on July 17, 2014 when it was knocked over the war -affected area in the Donetskian region, in the midst of a conflict between the prophetic separatists and the Ukrainian forces.
The ICAO verdict followed after a lawsuit initiated by Australia and the Netherlands in 2022, and both countries announced that the ICAO Council would decide on the possible forms of compensation in the coming weeks. sends a strong message to the international community that « states cannot violate international law with unpunished. »
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia greets the decision and urged Icao to quickly make decisions on legal consequences.
– We invite Russia to finally take responsibility for this terrible act of violence and pay off compensation, as it requires international law – Wong said.
Although ICAO has no executive powers, he enjoys great moral authority and sets global standards in civil aviation accepted by most of his 193 members.
In November 2022. The Dutch judges condemned two Russian and one Ukrainian citizen in absentia for their role in the attack on the MH17. Moscow then called the verdict « scandalous » and refused to extradite its nationals.
