Hrabove ( ; , '' Grabovo '' , also spelled '' Grabove '' ) is a village in Shakhtarsk Raion ( district ) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine . Its population was 1,000 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census . It is notorious for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , which was shot down by rebels supported by Russia and crashed in the south of the village
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast