It was a long journey but finally five refrigerated wagons reached Ukraine’s Kharkiv airport. They carry the remains of some of the 289 victims, who died on board the Malaysia Airlines jet. Flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, where the government is trying to quell a pro-Russian backed separatist rebellion. These 12 wooden coffins are the first of what will be many to leave Ukraine. …read more
Source: The Boston Globe
