2014
2015
July 17, 2014:
Wreckage from the airliner is found in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists. A later report by the Dutch Safety Board concludes "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft" caused the plane to break up.
October 8, 2015:
Bellingcat traces movement of a Buk missile system from the Russian city of Kursk to a field near Snizhne, in the Donetsk region, on the day of the crash. A final report by Dutch investigators confirms MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile.
2016
2017
September 28, 2016:
International investigators determine the Buk had been brought from Russia to Ukraine shortly before MH17 was downed and moved back to Russia shortly afterward.
June 5, 2017:
Bellingcat links the movement of Russian military equipment, including a Buk launcher, to the downing of MH17. The following month, the Dutch government announces suspects will be prosecuted in The Hague. Almost 200 of the victims were Dutch.
2018
2019
May 24, 2018:
Dutch-led investigators conclude the Buk missile came from Russia's 53rd Antiaircraft Missile Brigade. Moscow later claims the missile was sent to Soviet Ukraine after it was made in 1986 and never returned to Russia.
June 19, 2019:
Dutch prosecutors formally charge three Russians and one Ukrainian with murder for their alleged roles in the downing of MH17. All four deny involvement.
2020
2021
March 9, 2020:
The trial begins in a secure courtroom near Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, from which MH17 took off, with the four suspects in absentia.
December 22, 2021:
Dutch prosecutors request life sentences for the four suspects.
2022
June 10, 2022:
The trial concludes.
November 17, 2022:
The court’s ruling convicts two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia and sentences them to life imprisonment. One Russian is acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
2014
2015
July 17, 2014:
Wreckage from the airliner is found in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists. A later report by the Dutch Safety Board concludes "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft" caused the plane to break up.
October 8, 2015:
Bellingcat traces movement of a Buk missile system from the Russian city of Kursk to a field near Snizhne, in the Donetsk region, on the day of the crash. A final report by Dutch investigators confirms MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile.
2016
2017
September 28, 2016:
International investigators determine the Buk had been brought from Russia to Ukraine shortly before MH17 was downed and moved back to Russia shortly afterward.
June 5, 2017:
Bellingcat links the movement of Russian military equipment, including a Buk launcher, to the downing of MH17. The following month, the Dutch government announces suspects will be prosecuted in The Hague. Almost 200 of the victims were Dutch.
2018
2019
May 24, 2018:
Dutch-led investigators conclude the Buk missile came from Russia's 53rd Antiaircraft Missile Brigade. Moscow later claims the missile was sent to Soviet Ukraine after it was made in 1986 and never returned to Russia.
June 19, 2019:
Dutch prosecutors formally charge three Russians and one Ukrainian with murder for their alleged roles in the downing of MH17. All four deny involvement.
2020
2021
March 9, 2020:
The trial begins in a secure courtroom near Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, from which MH17 took off, with the four suspects in absentia.
December 22, 2021:
Dutch prosecutors request life sentences for the four suspects.
2022
June 10, 2022:
The trial concludes.
November 17, 2022:
The court’s ruling convicts two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia and sentences them to life imprisonment. One Russian is acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
2014
July 17, 2014:
Wreckage from the airliner is found in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists. A later report by the Dutch Safety Board concludes "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft" caused the plane to break up.
2015
October 8, 2015:
Bellingcat traces movement of a Buk missile system from the Russian city of Kursk to a field near Snizhne, in the Donetsk region, on the day of the crash. A final report by Dutch investigators confirms MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile.
2016
September 28, 2016:
International investigators determine the Buk had been brought from Russia to Ukraine shortly before MH17 was downed and moved back to Russia shortly afterward.
2017
June 5, 2017:
Bellingcat links the movement of Russian military equipment, including a Buk launcher, to the downing of MH17. The following month, the Dutch government announces suspects will be prosecuted in The Hague. Almost 200 of the victims were Dutch.
2018
May 24, 2018:
Dutch-led investigators conclude the Buk missile came from Russia's 53rd Antiaircraft Missile Brigade. Moscow later claims the missile was sent to Soviet Ukraine after it was made in 1986 and never returned to Russia.
2019
June 19, 2019:
Dutch prosecutors formally charge three Russians and one Ukrainian with murder for their alleged roles in the downing of MH17. All four deny involvement.
2020
March 9, 2020:
The trial begins in a secure courtroom near Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, from which MH17 took off, with the four suspects in absentia.
2021
December 22, 2021:
Dutch prosecutors request life sentences for the four suspects.
2022
June 10, 2022:
The trial concludes.
November 17, 2022:
The court’s ruling convicts two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia and sentences them to life imprisonment. One Russian is acquitted because of a lack of evidence.