Montreal, May 13, 2025 (AFP) - UN aviation agency finds Russia responsible for 2014 downing of airliner over Ukraine

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2025-05-13

The United Nations aviation agency said Monday that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine in 2014, leading to the deaths of 298 people. The International Civil Aviation Organization (OCAO), based in Montreal, said claims brought by Australia and the Netherlands over the shooting down of Flight MH17 on July 17 of that year were "well founded in fact and in law." "The Russian Federation failed to uphold......

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