The crash of the Boeing flight MH17 in the Donbas could have been avoided if not for the invasion of Russia to Ukraine. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
“A heinous crime, which could not happen if not for Russian aggression, the Russian setting, the Russian rocket, imported from the territory of Russia”, – wrote Poroshenko on his page in Facebook.
Poroshenko said that a few days ago, an agreement was signed between Ukraine and the Netherlands, which confirmed the mechanism of criminal prosecution of the perpetrators of the plane crash.
“This is our common response to the geopolitical ambitions of those who are trying to thwart the truth at the highest international level. Convinced that the objectivity and impartiality of the Dutch justice will end this way. It is our common duty to the memory of those whose beating hearts three years ago broke the Russian rocket”, – summed up the President.
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We will remind, the plane the Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines, carrying out flight MH17 Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur, was shot down exactly three years ago on July 17, 2014 over the occupied territory of Donetsk region.
Killing all 298 people on Board. The passengers of the flight were citizens of 10 countries, most of the victims (196 people) are citizens of the Netherlands.
The countries participating in the investigation of the MH17 tragedy have agreed not to create a separate Tribunal and decided that the guilty will stand trial in the Netherlands. In the Federation Council of the Russian Federation announced that the court in the Netherlands for the attack on MH17 “not legitimate.”
