'This is about individuals who were confronted six years ago with a terrible loss that continues to have an influence on their lives today.” 9News
Some families watched Ms Schijns speak from a public gallery in the court on the edge of the airport from where the doomed flight took off.
"The criminal trial is important for them because it will establish the facts of what happened on July 17, 2014. Who is responsible for it? What sentence they deserve," she said. "In other words, it's about justice, fairness, crime and punishment." "We're talking here about people of flesh and blood. In addition to the grief they face because of the loss of their dearest, they are additionally injured by Russia's attitude," she told judges.
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