Verdict In Shooting Down Of Mh17 Flight Due On Nov 17

Verdict in the shooting down of the flight MH17 due November 17

The Hague, Aug 16 : A Dutch court has set a date to deliver a decision against the four suspects who are accused of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over the eastern part of Ukraine which caused the deaths of 298 people just eight years ago.
The verdict will be announced on 17 November the court stated in The Hague on Monday.

 Verdict In Shooting Down Of Mh17 Flight Due On Nov 17-TeluguStop.com

The Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down in July 2014 over the eastern Ukraine on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, dpa news agency reported.

In the past, there was a fierce combat between the Ukrainian army and separatists from Russia.

Experts and investigators from around the world concluded that the plane was hit by an Russian surface-to-air missile of the Buk type.

Since the majority of victims were Dutch The trial is currently taking place in the Netherlands.

Prosecutors are requesting life in prison.

The trial of four former top pro-Russian rebels who were all of who were in absentia, was in absentia, started in March 2020.

The prosecutor has requested that the defendant be imprisoned for life.

The defendants who are accused of the crime, three of which are Russian and one Ukrainian are believed to be in Russia However, Moscow is refusing to extradite the suspects and blames Ukraine.

The defendants are believed to have obtained the missile, transported it and then deployed it.anti-aircraft missile based on evidence that includes photographs, satellite footage as well as intercepted calls to the phone and radio communications.

Only Oleg Pulatov, the deputy chief of intelligence of pro-Russian separatists in the region was represented in court , but he swore he was innocent in an audio message sent to the court.

His lawyers for defence requested acquittal and spoke of significant flaws in the probe.

The prosecutors were biased and biased, they claimed.

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