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The Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash would not have happened without the direct instructions to the militants from their leaders, so Russia's involvement in the so-called hybrid war in Donbas became apparent after the tragedy.

This is said in the official statement of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the anniversary of MH17 crash, published on the official website of the President.

"A highly technological weapon, used to shoot down the aircraft, could have come into hands of the terrorists only from Russia. That would not have happened without participation, without a direct order from the highest political and military leadership of the neighboring state. Exactly a year ago, a camouflage of the ugly hybrid war launched against Ukraine was taken off," the President stated.

He said that Ukraine would do everything possible to bring perpetrators of the crash to justice.

"Our moral duty to honor the memory of the fallen ones is to ensure a fair punishment for those guilty in downing the aircraft. This crime represents a threat to the whole international community. Justice has to be restored and the readiness to defend the basic values to be demonstrated. This is an act of atrocity that can't be forgiven by anyone in the modern world," the Head of State stressed.

Poroshenko said that Ukraine together with Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and the Netherlands had asked the UN Security Council to establish an international criminal tribunal on those responsible for crimes connected to the downing of the aircraft. “Just as in the course of the past year, Ukraine is ready to continue to provide all the support, information, necessary to bring those responsible to justice,” Ukraine's President stressed.

FM-TV