Families settle with Malaysia Air over downed jet, focus on Ukrainian rebel

A Ukrainian rebel leader who allegedly ordered his followers to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane with a missile in 2014 is now the only defendant in an $800 million
lawsuit filed by some crash victims’ families. The plaintiffs dropped their claims against the airline Feb. 12, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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