Angry families demand justice from Russia at MH17 crash trial

Relatives of the passengers and crew killed in the shooting down of flight MH17 testify in Dutch court for first time.

The traumatised families of 298 people killed in the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 have demanded justice from Russia as they testified for the first time in the Dutch trial of four suspects. Relatives of the passengers and crew killed on July 17, 2014, when a surface-to-air Buk missile that originated from a Russian base blew the Boeing 777 heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur out of the sky above conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, said on Monday they could not truly say goodbye to their loved ones until those responsible had been brought to justice. Under Dutch law, the relatives are allowed to make a victim impact statement to the court, without being asked questions. About 90 people plan to do so over the next three weeks, some speaking via live video links from other countries.