UWC calls on global community to bring those responsible for MH17 crash to justice

This is stated in a UWC statement on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the MH17 crash.

"We call on the international community to bring the MH17 executioners and their Kremlin masters to justice. The top Russian political and military commanders who gave the order to shoot down M17 must face criminal responsibility and the Russian Federation must be censured," UWC President Paul Grod said.

“The Ukrainian World Congress and the global Ukrainian community stand in remembrance and solidarity with the families and friends of the victims of the MH17 disaster on the fifth anniversary of this act of terrorism as the quest for justice continues.  May the memory of the victims be eternal and such tragedy never happen again,” the statement reads.

Over the past five years, the Russian Federation has harboured the criminals responsible for the killing of 298 innocent civilians on July 17, 2014, when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukrainian territory by a Russian-controlled missile system. Despite persistent efforts by the Kremlin to discredit the findings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked with determining the cause of the disaster, the overwhelming evidence gathered confirms that culpability for this crime lies with the Russian Federation.

“It is appalling that on the fifth anniversary of this criminal act of terrorism against innocent civilians, Russia continues to deny its responsibility for this tragedy. Kremlin spin doctors have maintained a fervent disinformation campaign with the goal of sowing doubt about the validity of the findings while attempting to transfer the blame to Ukraine and its authorities,” the UWC president stated.

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