Australia, Netherlands arm themselves to down Russia over MH17

The two are taking legal action, saying Russia refuses to take responsibility for the incident which killed 298 people

14 March 2022 - 19:41 By Kirsty Needham

Australia and the Netherlands say they have begun joint legal action against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 eight years ago...

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