Dutch, Australia 'hold Russia Liable' For Downing MH17

Dutch, Australia 'hold Russia liable' for downing MH17

The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials said Friday, in a move which could lead to legal action

The Hague, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th May, 2018 ) :The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials said Friday, in a move which could lead to legal action.

The two countries "hold Russia liable for its share of the downing" of the Malaysia Airlines flight, the Dutch government said in a statement, a day after investigators concluded the BUK missile which smashed into the plane in mid-air came from a Russian military brigade in Kursk. All 298 people on board, mostly Dutch, were killed.