3 convicted in 2014 downing of Malaysian jet over Ukraine

Piet Ploeg, center, who lost his brother, his sister-in-law and his nephew in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, stands outside Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. The Hague District Court, sitting at a high-security courtroom at Schiphol Airport, is passing judgment on three Russians and a Ukrainian charged in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and the deaths of all 298 passengers and crew on board, against a backdrop of global geopolitical upheaval caused by Russia's full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February and the nearly nine-month war it triggered. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)