NYPost - UN aviation agency finds Russia shot down 2014 Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine

By Patrick Reilly
Published May 13, 2025, 6:06 a.m. ET

Russia was responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 that killed all 298 people on board, the United Nations aviation agency has ruled.

Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was struck by a Russian-made missile while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur as Russian separatists battled Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region below.



The UN’s Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization [ICAO] on Monday found that the Russian federation violated international air law, which requires countries to “refrain from resorting to the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight.”

Russia has denied any responsibility for the incident.

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