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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the fourth anniversary of the crash of Malaysian Boeing Flight MH17 noted that the Russian Federation must certainly be punished for this act of terrorism. He stated this on his Facebook page.

“It is the fourth anniversary of the MH17 tragedy. We bow our heads in sorrow and pray with the families of the298 people tragically killed in a crash. A joint investigation team from the representatives of Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine found that the aircraft was shot down by the Russian air defense missile system BUK, which belonged to Russian troops and was taken from the Russian Federation. Russia must be held responsible for this terrorist act,” he wrote.

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