On July 17th, a civilian airliner flying over Ukraine crashed into a field about 30 miles from the Russian border. All 298 people aboard tragically lost their l

The shootdown of Malaysian flight 17 and the escalating crisis in Ukraine : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and t

On 17 July 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down amid conflict in Ukraine, a crisis that led to a NATO-Russia standoff and the onset of a new period