The document summarizes the Ukraine-Russia crisis from 2013-2014 and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. It provides background on the political tensions between Ukraine and Russia and the overthrow of the Ukrainian president. It then describes the crash of MH17 in July 2014 which killed 298 people over eastern Ukraine, believed to have been shot down by pro-Russian separatists. The document outlines Malaysia's efforts to investigate the incident and secure the crash site, black boxes, and bodies to determine responsibility according to international law.

1. Prepared By:
-Hisham -Melina
-Sri Widias -Nurul -
Darul -Hassan -Razi

2. Ukraine-Russia Crisis
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
CRIMEA

3. 2013:
 President Viktor
Yanukovych abandoned
an agreement on closer
trade ties with EU, instead
seeking closer co-
operation with Russia.
Small protests start.
 Protests gather pace, as
100,000 people attend a
demonstration in Kiev.
 Vladimir Putin throws
President Yanukovych an
economic lifeline,
agreeing to buy $15bn of
Ukrainian debt and reduce
the price of Russian gas
supplies by about a third.
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych
VS
Russian President Vladimir Putin

4. 17th July 2014: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
from Amsterdam is shot down near the village
of Grabove in rebel-held territory, with the
loss of 298 lives.
2014:
• Kiev sees its worst day of violence for almost 70 years. At
least 88 people are killed in 48 hours.
• President Yanukovych disappears
• Protesters take control of presidential administration
buildings
• Parliament votes to remove president from power with
elections set for 25 May
• Mr Yanukovych appears on TV to denounce "coup"
• Pro-Russian gunmen seize key buildings in the Crimean
capital, Simferopol. Unidentified gunmen in combat
uniforms appear outside Crimea's main airports.

5. The Chronology Of MH 17

6. The total number of deaths,
Malaysia Airlines listed the
passengers and crew based on
nationality. The updated list as
at July 18, 2014, based on
nationality is as follows:
 Netherlands — 192
 Malaysia — 43 (including 15
crew and two infants)
 Australia — 27
 Indonesia — 12 (including
one infant)
 United Kingdom — 10
(including one dual national
from UK/South Africa)
 Germany — four
 Belgium — four
 The Philippines — three
 The United States — one
(dual national United
States/Netherlands)
 Canada — one
 New Zealand — one

7. Malaysia’s efforts to resolve the
issues of MH17
On International law, the shooting down
of the aircraft was not only a cruel act,
BUT one that violated the principles of
international law by way of the
Convention on International Civil
Aviation or betterknown as the Chicago
Convention and which is recognized by
the United Nations as per Resolution
1067 (1996).
In this matter, the UN had agreed and approved a
resolution to urge the separatists to provide
unrestricted access to the MH17 crash site in
Ukraine. It also called for all military activity,
including by the armed groups,to be stopped
immediatelyin the vicinity of the site to enable the
international investigation to be conducted in
safety.
Background (I)
Background (II)

8. 1) Our PM’s have instructed the
Attorney-General to look into this
matter thoroughly to ensure that
any action to be taken by
Malaysia is in accordance with
the international law applied in
matters of such a nature.
2) In addition, Malaysia called on
the ICAO, as the guardian of civil
aviation security worldwide, to
issue a resolution strongly
condemning the attack on flight
MH17, as had been done in
cases of a similar nature. (cont.)

9. CONTINUE…..
As stated in Annex 13 of the ICAO Convention, the government of
Ukraine has to assume responsibility to undertake an investigation
as to the cause of the crash. A report on the investigation has to be
given to the next of kin of the victims as provided for in the ICAO
guidelines.
(ICAO) (Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai)
Of course, Malaysia would offer unwavering support to participate
in this investigation. For the record, the Malaysian Minister of
Transport, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, and Foreign Minister, Datuk
Seri Anifah Aman, were among those who had gone to Kiev,
Ukraine.

10. 3) Encouraged the call for an investigation by an independent international
team on the crash and urges all quarters to cooperate to ensure that the
probe can be completed. Which to demand and support an independent
international investigation into the tragedy. Those responsible for this
tragedy have to be brought to justice.
4) Sent a plane with a special team of 133 people, comprising a SMART
(Special Malaysian Disaster Assistance and Rescue) team, technical
officers, a medical team and JAKIM officers to the crash site. A special
investigation team was also set up, comprising representatives from
Malaysia, the Netherlands, Britain and the United States.
MAS sent 40 staff to Amsterdam to provide assistance and moral support
to the families of the victims.
SMART team Malaysian Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) medical team

11. Malaysia consulted Alexander Borodai, the head of the pro-Russia
separatist group, because the region is under their control. The
consultation yielded three (3) deals:
i) Recover
the bodies of
the victims
ii) Black
Boxes
iii) The
Investigation
MH17

12. All the recovered bodies of the
MH17 tragedy victims, estimated to
be 288
 The bodies taken from Torev to
Kharkiv in Ukraine by train
before being flown to
Amsterdam
 31 Malaysian identified out of
43
 So far 189 been identified (as
14 November 2014)
 Following forensic work in
Amsterdam.

13. Two black boxes of flight
MH17 were handed over
to the Malaysian team in
Donetsk at 9pm Ukraine
time on Monday, July 21,
2014.
 Without the black boxes, it will be difficult
for us to carry on with the investigation.
 The black boxes have been handed over
to the investigation team led by the
Netherlands and will be sent to London
for further investigation.

14. All the members of the independent international team of
investigators are to be given access to the crash site and a
guarantee of safety to undertake a comprehensive probe into the
MH17 tragedy. However, this has yet to be fully realized.
Ukrainian jet fighter??
(conspiracy theory)
1) Russia traffic engineers
identified jet fighter
belonging to Ukraine
2) a Spanish air-traffic
controller working for the
Ukraine government, has
confirmed that the Ukraine
government brought down
MH17