Mykola Tochytskyi: MH17 5 years on – when will Russia be punished?

Servicemen stand guard next to the Ukrainian villagers attending a demonstration on July 17, 2015 near the Grabove village, in the Donetsk region, in memory of the people who died in the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. The locals -- nearly all of them bused in by pro-Russian separatists who control parts of eastern Ukraine -- wave flags of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and carry banners accusing Kiev of killing innocent people in the ongoing battle with the rebel forces. All 298 passengers and crew -- the majority Dutch -- died on July 17, 2014 when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was downed over rebel-held east Ukraine during heavy fighting between Kyiv's armed forces and pro-Russian separatists.