the german government had been warned of a heightened risk of flying over eastern ukraine just days before the mh17 disaster last year, it has been claimed despite being told of the risk of flying over ukraine in diplomatic cables sent two days before the crash, germany failed to pass on the warning, local media reported malaysia airlines flight mh17 was shot down over rebel held territory in eastern ukraine on july 17, and all 298 aboard were killed warning: despite being told of the risk of flying over ukraine in diplomatic cables two days before the mh17 crash, the german government failed to pass on the warning  german foreign ministry cables sent on july 15, cited an incident from the day before when a ukrainian air force plane was shot down at around 20,000 feet over rebel held territory german intelligence had repeatedly warned of the risk to aviation security, and had assessed the downing of the ukrainian military plane on july 14 as a 'significant development because of its altitude', german public tv channels ndr and wdr and sueddeutsche zeitung reported earlier this month, the dutch government   which lost 189 citizens in the disaster   said that, with nearly all of the victims identified, efforts had shifted  to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it flew over ukraine last july after a meeting of foreign ministers from malaysia, ukraine and australia on the  sidelines of a cyber security conference in the hague, holland's foreign minister bert koenders said there was general agreement on this course of action tragedy: malaysia airlines flight mh17 was shot down over rebel held territory in eastern ukraine on july 17 last year, and all 298 aboard were killed  'now that we're very far with repatriation (of the victims' remains), investigation and prosecution are becoming more  central,' koenders said in a statement 'the ministers believe that prosecution is not only  important for the countries with victims on board civil aviation  is vulnerable and every safety violation is a concern shared  worldwide' forensics laboratories in the netherlands have identified  remains of 296 of the 298 mh17 victims and recovered large parts of the wreckage  for investigation prosecutors are testing the theory that the plane was shot  down by a surface to air buk missile fired from an area held by  pro russian forces because two thirds of the victims were dutch citizens, the  netherlands is leading several post crash investigations the final report is due to be published in october
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german government 'knew of risk of flying over ukraine', it is claimed  diplomatic cables refer to ukrainian air force plane shot down on july 14  malaysia airlines's flight mh17 was shot down on july 17 last year 