Previously on the Bellicap podcast.

Obviously the world is watching reports of a down passenger jet near the Russia Ukraine border.

And it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.

There was people at work on the crime scene trying to cover up the truth.

Our friends from high above are very much interested in the fate of the black boxes.

I mean people from Moscow.

We ask all respective governments

to support the Ukrainian government

to bring to justice all these bastards.

As a country, our thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the passengers wherever they call home. When When thousands of shards of shards of flight MH17

rain down onto a field in eastern Ukraine,

it's ignited at war over the truth that has been raging for a full five years now.

At Bellingat, we've been on one side of that war, but as we've been fighting to reveal the lies of a powerful state actor, it's been easy to get caught up in the details,

the game, the he said she said.

Sometimes we all have to take a step back and remind ourselves why our fight matters in the first place.

Because along with the shrapnel, 298 people fell from the sky that July day and that has changed thousands of lives. In this final episode

we'll be hearing about the impact of the tragedy on these families.

We'll learn about the ongoing fight for justice and the attempts of dark forces to prevent justice from being served.

It was very strange. You often hear of plane crashes.

This was a very special plane crash for me of course because my family was on board.

On board MH17, Pete Ploueg lost his brother Alex who was 58. He also

lost his sister-in-law Edith and his nephew, Robert. You were just shocked by the fact that your family is on the plane.

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