2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian convicted of murders in 2014 downing of MH17 flight over Ukraine SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Thursday convicted two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and sentenced them to life imprisonment. One Russian was acquitted because of a lack of evidence. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ https://richmond.com/news/world/2-russians-1-ukrainian-convicted-of-murders-in-2014-downing-of-mh17-flight-over-ukraine/article_c9fb05f1-bce1-5eb6-b6e3-c1c73958cb03.html?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral