The Netherlands said it was considering military intervention in the MH17 downing zone.

The Netherlands stated that they were considering the option of military intervention in the area where MH17 was shot down Victoria Kulzhenko

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Ten years ago , in July 2014, Malaysian Boeing flight MH17 was shot down in Donbass. It became known that at that time the Netherlands were considering the real possibility of military intervention.

Current head of government Dick Schoof spoke with journalists of the program. In 2014, it was he who chaired the MH17 crisis committee as national coordinator for counter-terrorism and security issues.

It was a last resort

Schoof explained that “it could be done.” The appropriate option for military intervention was indeed developed and tested, but this option was extreme.

In the end, you restore peace together. Therefore, I do not believe that such a decision would be made on emotions: we are going to deploy the soldiers,” he expressed his opinion.

Tom Middendorp, former Chief of Defense Staff of the Dutch Armed Forces, also confirmed that “this was a very real option.” He said that Australian special forces flew to the Netherlands and trained together with their Dutch colleagues, that is, they were ready to take on this responsibility.