On July 17, 2014 the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 – en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur – was hit by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, where pro-Russian separatist rebels were battling Ukrainian forces.

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The UN has delivered a damning verdict, ruling that Russia was responsible for the horrific downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which resulted in the tragic loss of nearly 300 lives.