AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands commemorated the 298 victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine 10 years ago with a ceremony attended by the bereaved and representatives from Malaysia, Australia, the UK, Belgium and Ukraine.
People hold flags at a memorial to victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the accident, near the village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region, Russia n-controlled Ukraine, on Jul 17, 2024.
All passengers and crew on board, including 196 Dutch citizens, were killed, leaving the plane's wreckage and the remains of the victims scattered across fields of corn and sunflowers. Based on an international investigation, a Dutch court in 2022 said there was no doubt that the plane was shot down by a Russian missile system and that Russia had"overall control" over the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine from mid-May 2014.
"Justice requires a long, long breath," said Prime Minister Dick Schoof, who took office earlier this month, adding that"a conviction is not the same as having someone behind bars".
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