Numerous international tribunals have concluded that Russian-backed armed forces in eastern Ukraine shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the mistaken belief that the civilian airliner was a Ukrainian military aircraft. All 298 people on board died. In November 2022 a Dutch court found three men guilty of murder; the defendants were all connected to Russian security services. The court also ruled that the missile that destroyed the plane had come from Russia and that it had been fired by Russian-led troops in Russian-controlled territory.
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