MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has filed an appeal to the top United Nations’ court challenging the International Civil Aviation Organization’s decision that blamed it for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014.

Moscow’s appeal submitted to the International Court of Justice, the U.N. main judicial organ, contested ICAO’s decision “on all grounds, including on grounds of jurisdiction, applicable law, factual findings and fatal procedural violations,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Thursday.

In May, the ICAO’s Council found Russia responsible for shooting down the MH17 on July 17, 2014, with the loss of 298 lives, marking the first time the global aviation body that represents 193 member states decided a dispute between governments.

The decision follo

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