Trial of suspects in 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 opens
The defendants, who are still at large, face charges of murder, obtaining a missile launcher and shooting down the jetliner

Piet Ploeg, the head of the MH17 Disaster Foundation arrives at the criminal trial against four suspects in the July 2014 downing of flight MH17 in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
The trial opened in the Netherlands on Monday of three Russians and a Ukrainian over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014.
The defendants, who are still at large, face charges of murder, obtaining a missile launcher and shooting down the jetliner as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 passengers and crew.