Just months after the disappearance of MH370 the world learnt the devastating fate of another Malaysia Airlines flight.

Families and former and serving foreign ministers spoke at today’s memorial in Canberra marking ten years since the downing of MH17, the Malaysian Airlines flight that was shot out of the sky over Ukraine.

A decade on, and what was then a regional conflict turned into all out war when Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but Russia has never taken responsibility for the crime, and the families of those who lost their lives have been for the most part left without answers.