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Dutch lawyers for a suspect accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said prosecutors failed to prove a Russian-made missile brought down the jetliner, as they wrapped up their case on Thursday. The passenger jet was shot down while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014 killing all 298 on board, as Kyiv’s forces battled pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine ’s war-torn east. The trial of four men, which started in March 2020, has taken on a new significance since Russia ’s late February invasion of its neighbour , in which a slew of new war crimes are...
