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Ukraine claims more territory as fight intensifies with rebels
KIEV: Ukraine said today its troops had wrested more territory from pro-Russian rebels, advancing towards the site where Malaysian flight MH17 was brought down, which international investigators said they could not reach because of the fighting. …read more Source: New Straits...
Controversy over U.S.’ ‘artillery fire’ photos
Real-life warfare between Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces seemed to spill over into social media over the weekend after Geoffrey Pyatt, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, posted several satellit… …read more Source: The...
MH17: Ukraine says recorders show “massive compressive decompression” brought down airliner
KIEV: Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression“, a Ukrainian security official said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running Monday as clashes raged in a town on the road to the area. With government troops intensifying their push to claw back more territory from pro-Russian separatist rebels, the death toll is mounting […] The post...
Satellite images show ‘Russian rockets, artillery used in Ukraine’
The United States has stepped up pressure on Moscow by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighbouring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for pro-Russian separatists has crossed the border. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17 Black Boxes Show Crash Caused by Rocket Shrapnel: Kiev
Black boxes recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine show shrapnel from a rocket explosion caused the passenger jet to crash. …read more Source:...
MH17: Downing of flight may amount to “war crime” – UN
KUALA LUMPUR: The downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 aircraft in eastern Ukraine “may amount to a war crime“, said United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. …read more Source: New Straits...
Emirates airline says will not fly over Iraq after MH17
July 28, 2014 8:05 PMLONDON (AFP) – Emirates will stop flying over Iraq due to concerns over jihadist missile attacks following the MH17 air disaster in Ukraine, the airline’s president Tim Clark told The Times on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia bans import of processed Ukrainian fruit and vegetables
Russia on Monday (July 28) slapped a ban on the import of processed fruit and vegetables from Ukraine in the latest of a series of trade restrictions as Kiev deepens ties with the European Union. The ban will come into force on July 29. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels say army wrests control of part of MH17 site
The Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the east of the country, pro-Russia rebels said on Monday (July 28). The troops had been battling rebels for control of towns around the crash site. …read more Source: Channel...
