A Malaysian air crash investigator inspects the crash site of MH17 in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in July 2014 Russia was responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight, MH17, over eastern Ukraine in July 2014,

The U.N. aviation council on Monday ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014 with the deaths of 298 passengers and crew, the Dutch government said.

Russia was responsible for the downing of flight MH-17 over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board over a decade ago, the U.N's International Civil Aviation Organization ruled.