Amsterdam | A Dutch court has convicted three men with ties to the Russian security services and sentenced them to life in prison over the downing of passenger jet MH17 above eastern Ukraine in 2014, during a Moscow-backed separatist uprising that foreshadowed Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country.

The court found on Thursday (Friday AEDT) that an anti-aircraft missile system provided to separatist forces by the Russian military brought down the Malaysia Airlines flight on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people aboard, including 38 Australians.

AAP