Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (2nd R) and Dutch ambassador to
Ukraine Kees Klompenhouwer commemorate victims of Malaysia Airlines
Flight MH17 outside the Dutch embassy in Kyiv, July 21, 2014.
A Buddhist prays as people lay flowers and light
candles in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev on July 18,
2014, a day after a Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 carrying 298 people
from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) # 
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Ukrainians turned out at the Dutch embassy in Kiev to pay
tribute to the hundreds of people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight
MH17 was shot down over separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
A somber crowd of mourners presented wreaths and messages outside the
embassy. One took the moment to make a political statement with a sign
that read: "[Russian President Vladimir] Putin is a terrorist."
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte ordered all Dutch flags to fly at
half-mast following the tragedy. "The whole of the Netherlands is in
mourning," Rutte said. "This beautiful summer day has ended in the blackest possible way."
Coming just months after Flight MH370 disappeared on a trip from
Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March, this is the second loss for Malaysia
Airlines in a year. Reports differ on the number of passengers on board
the plane. Reuters has reported that 295 people on board the plane have been killed while Associated Press has put the number at 298.
See here for the crew members' names and nationalities of passengers.
eople place candles and flowers at the Dutch embassy to
commemorate the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in
eastern Ukraine, in Kiev July 17, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing
777, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was brought down in eastern
Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising
the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People light candles at the Dutch embassy for victims
of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, in Kiev
July 17, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, flying from Amsterdam
to Kuala Lumpur, was brought down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday,
killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a
conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People light candles at the Dutch embassy for the
victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, in
Kiev July 17, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, flying from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was brought down in eastern Ukraine on
Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes
in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People light candles at the Malaysian embassy for
victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, in
Kiev July 17, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, flying from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was brought down in eastern Ukraine on
Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes
in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
A message of condolence is left among candles and
flowers near the Dutch embassy for victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17,
which crashed in eastern Ukraine, in Kiev July 17, 2014. The Malaysia
Airlines Boeing 777, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was brought
down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and
sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow
rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People leave candles and flowers at the Dutch embassy
for victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine,
in Kiev July 17, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, flying from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was brought down in eastern Ukraine on
Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes
in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People leave candles and flowers at the Dutch embassy
for victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine,
in Kiev July 17, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, flying from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was brought down in eastern Ukraine on
Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes
in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People bring flowers and candles to the Dutch embassy
to commemorate the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane
crash in Kiev, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner flight MH-17 was
brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people
aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and
pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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