Lawyers participate in the inspection of judges over the reconstruction of the MH17 wreck on 26 May 2021 in Reijen, Netherlands.© Pirochka van de Wouw / Getty Images
Russia rejected the claims of the United Nations civilian aviation agency that it was liable for shooting down Malaysia Airlines aircraft over east Ukraine in 2014.
Moscow insists that the Dutch investigation into the incidental was political and based on ‘confident’ evidence provided by Kiev."Moscow's main position remains that Russia was not active in MH17 disaster, and all the statements against Australia and the Netherlands are false" — informed the Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs on Tuesday on its website.The message came after the vote of the Council of the global civilian Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that Russia had failed to fulfil its duty "stopping the usage of weapons against civilian aircraft in flight".Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) aircraft was shot down over east Ukraine on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board, most of whom were nationals of the Netherlands, Malaysia and Australia.The incidental occurred erstwhile Ukrainian troops attempted to recover the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, which voted for a secession after the West-supported coup in Kiev earlier this year.
Later, in September 2022, both parties voted to join Russia.
In 2015, the investigation – conducted by the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine – showed that the aircraft was shot down by the russian air-ground rocket strategy Buk delivered by Russia to Donbass militias.
Moscow denied that it was supplying dense weapons to local forces and argued that the aircraft was hit by a version of a rocket utilized by Ukrainian troops alternatively than Russian troops.
She besides criticized her exclusion from the investigation.The Ministry of abroad Affairs condemned the ICAO Council decision as politically motivated, accusing ‘many procedural infringementsIt’s okay. ”
It stated that ICAO had ignored “numerous and convincing factual and legal evidence" presented by Russia to show its deficiency of commitment to the shooting."Dutch investigation's conclusions were based on the evidence of anonymous witnesses – whose identity has been withheld – as well as the questionable information and material presented by the organization side: Ukraine safety Service" – reads the statement.Ministry of abroad Affairs added that yet Ukraine should be blamed for the tragedy, due to the fact that Kiev "started a military operation in Donbasa under false pretext to fight terrorism".Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov said that since Russia was not part of the investigation, ‘does not accept biased applications’.
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source:https://www.rt.com/russia/617487-russia-rejects-mh17-ruling/
