Zelensky comments on MH17 verdict
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the verdict against Russians regarding MH17 forms the basis to convict the perpetrators at the highest level.
Source: President Zeleskyy’s nightly video address
Quote: "A very important decision was adopted today in the Netherlands. There is the first sentence for the murderers who destroyed the Malaysian Boeing in the skies over Donbas in 2014. Three men were sentenced to life imprisonment. And the day will surely come when they begin to serve this punishment.
But this decision is not just about the three murderers. Russia lied a lot about this catastrophe, but nevertheless, the key facts were established. Now the perpetrators have been convicted and the basis is provided to convict the culprits at a higher level, too.
Those who bear full personal responsibility for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, the original crime that gave rise to all the others committed by the Ruscists since 2014."
Details: The President stated that when all the murderers and executioners are convicted, when their commanders and the politicians who back them up face fair verdicts, and when Russia reimburses for all the damage its aggression caused to Ukraine – then the world will have a very solid foundation for lasting peace.
Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine has the capability to make it happen: "Every Russian war crime, every terrorist attack of theirs will receive its legal response."
Background:
- The Hague district court, which is hearing the case of the downed MH17 airliner, found Igor Girkin, an organiser of militant groups in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and Sergey Dubinskiy and Leonid Kharchenko, his subordinate militants, guilty of shooting down the aircraft, in absentia.
- The District court of the Hague sentenced Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinskiy, and Leonid Kharchenko in absentia to life imprisonment on 17 November for their part in shooting down the Malaysian MH17 airliner over Donbas in summer 2014, and ordered their arrests.
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