INTERNATIONAL NEWS - A Ukrainian military pilot blamed by Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has killed himself with a pistol shot, Ukrainian media report, quoting police.
Capt Vladyslav Voloshyn had condemned the Russian claim as a lie. Dutch investigators concluded that a Russian Buk missile had destroyed the Boeing 777 jet, killing 298 people.
Reports say Voloshyn shot himself at home in Mykolaiv, near the Black Sea.
Ukraine described him as a war hero.
He had flown 33 combat missions in a low-flying Su-25 ground attack jet against Russian-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
MH17 crash: Ukraine pilot blamed by Russia 'kills himself'
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Posted on: 15:48 Mon, 19 March 2018
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