G7 Ministers Call for Russia to ‘Account for Its Role’ in MH17 Tragedy

G7 Ministers Call for Russia to ‘Account for Its Role’ in MH17 Tragedy
A part of the BUK-TELAR rocket that was fired on the MH17 flight is displayed on a table during the press conference of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), in Bunnik on May 24, 2018. Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images
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Just days ahead of the anniversary of the tragic downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, foreign ministers from the G7 called for Russia to “account for its role” in the air disaster that killed 298 people aboard.

Flight MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, as it flew from Amsterdam en route to Kuala Lumpur. The victims were from 10 nations and included 193 Dutch and 28 Australian citizens.