Section: China
Malaysia Airlines passenger jet ‘shot down’ over Ukraine
A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board was hit by a missile and crashed over eastern Ukraine last night. …read more Source: South China Morning...
‘Bodies were scattered all around’
Witnesses near the crash site where a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane came down in eastern Ukraine described a scene of chaos with dozens of bodies scattered around the smouldering wreckage. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine accuses Russian jet of downing fighter plane in east
A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, the Ukrainian militarysaid. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 295 people ‘shot down’ over eastern Ukraine
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed after reportedly being shot down by a ground-to-air missile in eastern Ukraine with 295 people on board on Thursday, in a region of military action where Ukrainian government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: South China Morning...
US, EU stiffen sanctions against Russia over its support for Ukraine separatists
The US and EU strengthened sanctions on Russia over Ukraine on Wednesday, with President Obama taking his first direct swipes in the finance, military and energy sectors of the Russian economy. The move drew an angry threat of serious retaliation from Moscow. …read more Source: South China Morning...
BRICS summit defies West’s bid to isolate Russia over Ukraine crisis
The summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies in Brazil this week defies the Western push to isolate Russia, a sign of the increasingly multipolar world order the bloc demands. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine shells Russian territory
Unidentified Ukrainian armed force personnel, National Guards and the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist group Right Sector shelled the town of Donetsk from the Ukrainian territory. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine deliberately shells Russian territory: Moscow
Ukrainian troops intentionally fired artillery shells at the town of Donetsk in Russia’s Rostov region, Russian Investigative Committee said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian military transport plane shot down along eastern border
A Ukrainian military transport plane was shot down yesterday along the country’s eastern border with Russia, the defence minister said, adding the rocket may have been fired from Russia. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Military transport plane downed in eastern Ukraine
Insurgents in eastern Ukraine said on Monday that they had shot down an An-26 military transport plane near the city of Lugansk. …read more Source:...
