Important decision, but it is instigators who must be tried – Zelenskyy on MH17 trial verdict
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called the verdict in the Hague trial in the MH17 case important. The president called upon the international community to prosecute the instigators of the crime.
Source: Zelenskyy on Twitter
Quote: "An important decision by the Hague court. First convictions for those guilty of shooting down the MH-17. But it is necessary to bring the instigators to justice, because the sense of impunity leads to new crimes. We have to dispel this illusion. Punishment for all Russian atrocities, both past and present, is inevitable."
Important court decision in The Hague. First sentences for the perpetrators of #MH17 downing. Holding to account masterminds is crucial too, as the feeling of impunity leads to new crimes. We must dispel this illusion. Punishment for all RF's atrocities then & now is inevitable.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 17, 2022
Background:
- The Hague District Court, which is hearing the case of the downed passenger plane, found Igor Girkin, an organiser of militant groups in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and Sergey Dubinskii and Leonid Harchenko, his subordinate militants, guilty of shooting down the aircraft.
- All three defendants were sentenced in absentia to life in prison. The court ordered them arrested.
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