KIEV (Sputnik) — Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine put forward a joint proposal to set up an independent tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the plane crash.
On Tuesday, it was reported that Malaysia had submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council.
Moscow has voiced its opposition to the establishment of a tribunal, stating that the move is untimely and counterproductive.
Flight MH17 was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it came down in southeastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board the aircraft, mostly Dutch citizens.
Following the accident, the Dutch Safety Board was charged with investigation of the circumstances surrounding the plane crash.
According to a September 2014 preliminary report by the body, the Malaysian plane broke up in the air after being hit by multiple "high-energy" objects from outside the airframe. A final report will be issued in October.
