MH17 case: relatives of victims demand that Russia recognise responsibility as part of peace deal
Relatives of the victims of the downed MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 believe that a lasting peace agreement is difficult to achieve without Russia recognising its responsibility for the downing.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to European Pravda.
They sent the relevant letters to US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The relatives of the victims have long demanded that Russia acknowledge its role, apologise and conduct a public investigation into all those involved and the causes of the downing. The Dutch government has consistently supported these demands. The relatives now believe that their demands should be part of any potential peaceful settlement.
"Without this, there can be no lasting peace with Russia," the letter says.
Copies of the letters were also sent to Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, the committees (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Justice and Security) of the lower house of parliament, and the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas.
As a reminder, the "Malaysia Airlines" Boeing-777 passenger flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed over the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region on 17 July 2014. There were 298 people on board, all of whom died.
On 17 November 2022, a court in The Hague found Russian terrorist Igor Girkin (Strelkov), GRU General of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, head of the 'DPR GRU' Serhii Dubinskyi, and Ukrainian citizen Leonid Kharchenko guilty of shooting down flight MH17 and killing 298 people, and sentenced them to life imprisonment. They also have to pay €16 million in compensation.
