Russia responsible for downing MH17 over Ukraine, global aviation agency finds

The MH17 wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine (Vadim Ghirda/AP, File)

The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation says Russia was responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 more than a decade ago, in a ruling that raises the prospect of victims’ families being paid compensation.

The flight, known as MH17, was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 with the loss of 298 lives.