3 convicted in 2014 downing of Malaysian jet over Ukraine

Piet Ploeg, who lost his brother, his sister-in-law and his nephew in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, speaks to media at 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)

3 convicted in 2014 downing of Malaysian jet over Ukraine