On the afternoon of July 17th 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disintegrated over eastern Ukraine resulting in the death all 298 passengers and crew. At the time of the crash, the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists, then opposed in the Donbass War, accused each other of having shot down the aircraft. After 4 years of investigation the "Buk" missile that shot down the Boeing has been officially recognized as belonging to the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade of the Russian Army although Russian officials are still denying any involvement in the incident.
Jerome Sessini was nearby at the time...