Breaking News: Malaysian Airlines MH17 Shot Down in Ukraine 298 Dead on July 17 - Jet Crash Photos. Of the known nationalities of the victims, the majority - 154 were from Netherlands, while 45 including 15 crew were from Malaysia. It is said that nationalities of 41 passengers had not been verified yet. Is MH17 was hit by Surface-to-air Missile of Russia on Thursday?
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 298 passengers crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday while traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. An adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister wrote on Facebook that the plane was shot down, the Associated Press reports.
A group that's part of the Ukranian resistance movement posted a video that allegedly shows the site of the crash. See below for images of the wreckage.
WARNING: This post includes graphic photos that may be disturbing.
A man wearing military fatigues stands next to the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner on July 17, 2014, after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on July 17, 2014, shows the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on July 17, 2014, shows the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
Akmar Binti Mohd Noor, 67, whose sister was onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam, cries outside the family holding area at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on July 18, 2014. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)
A firefighter stands as flames burst amid the wreckage, near the town of Shaktarsk, on July 17, 2014. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on July 17, 2014, shows the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A man lights a candle in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev on July 17, 2014, to commemorate passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A man wearing military fatigues stands next to the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed on July 17, 2014, near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A man wearing military fatigues points to the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
The wreckage of the Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held east Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
The wreckage of the Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held east Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on July 17, 2014, shows bodies among the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on July 17, 2014, shows bodies among the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
In this image taken from video, Thursday July 17, 2014, showing debris at the crash site after a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over Ukraine, near the village of Hrabove, in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo / Channel 1)
The wreckage of the Malaysian airplane that crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held east Ukraine. (ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Luggage is seen on the site of the crash of the Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
This image taken from video, Thursday July 17, 2014, shows a guidebook found in the wreckage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane. (AP Photo/Channel 1)
This image taken from video, Thursday July 17, 2014, shows a suitcase found in the wreckage of Flight MH17. (AP Photo/Channel 1)
In this image taken from video, Thursday July 17, 2014, showing part of the wreckage of a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday. (AP Photo / Channel 1)
A firefighter sprays water to extinguish a fire in the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine. (ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the wreckage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane. (ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Fire burns amid the wreckage of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. (ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Wreckage of the Malaysian plane. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pointedly called the crash a "terrorist act," and major airlines quickly announced plans to route planes away from the area. (ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
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