Australia announces financial sanctions and travel bans on two Russians and a Ukrainian involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014
There were 38 Australians on board when the Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur went down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Canberra officials said on Saturday the sanctions target Russian national Sergey Dubinsky and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko, who were found guilty in absentia of murder and other charges by a Dutch court last year after 298 passengers and crew died in the MH17 disaster. He commanded the anti-aircraft brigade that supplied the weapons system which downed flight MH17, Canberra said.Working with the Netherlands and the EU, I have announced further sanctions on three people involved in the murder of all 298 individuals on board.June 23, 2023There were 38 Australians on board when the Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur went down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
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