Meanwhile, another death in the east it seems:
From our news desk:
Investigators Charge Three Russians, One Ukrainian, With Murder For Role In Downing Of Flight MH17
Dutch prosecutors say three Russian nationals and a Ukrainian will be tried on murder charges for their role in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, which killed all 298 people on board.
In announcing the first criminal charges in the air disaster, members from the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) told a news conference that evidence showed a direct line of military command between Ukrainian separatists and Russia.
To back up the claim, they played phone calls of the suspects discussing the incident by telephone, via social media chats, and a computer image reconstruction of events.
"Today, we will send out international arrest warrants for the four suspects that we will prosecute,” Dutch chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said.
"They will also be placed on national and international wanted lists. Because of that, we will reveal their full names and we will show you their pictures. The four persons are: Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov, and Leonid Kharchenko," he added, noting Kharchenko is Ukrainian, while the others hold Russian citizenship.
The airliner flying between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur was blasted out of the sky on July 17, 2014, over territory in eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian separatists.
The JIT initially announced in 2016 that the sophisticated Buk missile system used in the attack came from Russia.
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Lawmaker who reported on Crimea's occupation killed by gunshot:
Ukrainian lawmaker and journalist Dmytro Tymchuk has died from a gunshot wound that a fellow lawmaker says he sustained while cleaning a handgun.
Anton Herashchenko, a member of Ukraine's parliament, told the 112 Ukraina television channel that the apparent accident occurred on June 19 at Tymchuk's home in Kyiv.
"Tymchuk's wife called the police. She said that her husband was cleaning his pistol and, while cleaning it, fatally wounded himself," Herashchenko said. "Before the ambulance arrived, Tymchuk died."
Herashchenko also said the authorities were at Tymchuk's home on June 19 to investigate the shooting.
The 46-year-old Tymchuk gained prominence as a blogger after he reported details about Russia's seizure and annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February-March 2014.
He also reported on activities by Moscow aimed at inciting separatism in Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in April 2014.
Tymchuk then created a group called Information Resistance that seeks to counter Russian propaganda by exposing disinformation.
Tymchuk became a member of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in October 2014 as a candidate of the People's Front political party. (112 Ukraina, Gordon, and UNIAN)