154 Dutch people were killed in Malaysia Airlines disaster, as well as 27 Australians and 6 Britons

295 people were killed in total when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine earlier today.

A ground-to-air missile launcher, believed to be held by Russian forces, is reported to have brought down the passenger jet over Ukrainian airspace. While many passengers' identities have yet to be established, the majority were thought to be Dutch nationals flying overseas. The flight originated in Amsterdam and was headed for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

#MH17 passengers: 154 Dutch, 27 Australian, 11 Indonesian, 6 UK, 4 Germany.... — Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) July 17, 2014

#MH17 passengers: 4 Belgium. 3 Phillippines, 1 Canadian, 23 Malaysian. The rest of the passengers’ nationalities have yet to be identified — Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) July 17, 2014

Both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists have denied any involvement in today's tragedy.