Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Russia backs UN resolution demanding international access to MH17 crash site
Even as a reluctant Russia backed a UN Security Council resolution demanding international access to the crash site of MH17, military officials in Moscow came out swinging in defence, saying there was evidence suggesting that Ukrainian air defence forces could be to blame for the tragedy and lambasting the west for “unfounded...
Train with remains of MH17 crash victims arrives in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
A train carrying the remains of of 280 people killed in the Malaysian plane downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine arrived in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
More bodies retrieved at MH17 crash site as fighting erupts in Donetsk
Recovery crews retrieved more bodies yesterday from the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, as Dutch experts began inspecting the corpses. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russian billionaires fear more sanctions over downing of MH17
Russia’s richest businessmen are increasingly frantic that President Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine will lead to crippling sanctions – but are too scared of reprisals to say so publicly. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Who are the Ukrainian rebel leaders accused over downing of flight MH17?
As the world searches for answers over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, suspicion has fallen on the leaders of the pro-Russia rebels, who shot down three Ukrainian government planes last week. …read more Source: South China Morning...
‘My parents are watching from heaven’: Son pays tribute to Hong Kong chef and mother killed on MH17
The son of a celebrated Hong Kong-born chef killed in an airliner shot down over Ukraine has pledged to keep his family’s restaurants open in the Netherlands. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Missile hit on MH17 required ‘extensive training’: military experts
Whoever fired the surface-to-air missile that brought down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine would have needed extensive training to execute the mission, according to military experts. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Pro-Russian rebels find MH17 black boxes as bodies loaded onto trains from crash site
A separatist leader said on Sunday that pro-Russian rebels were keeping what they presumed were the black boxes from the downed Malaysian airliner in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. …read more Source: South China Morning...
UN draft resolution calls for access to MH17 crash site in Ukraine
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the “shooting down” of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Reporter quits Russian TV channel over Malaysia Airlines crash coverage
A London-based reporter for Russia’s state-owned English-language channel RT has quit in protest against its coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
