Section: NEWS.com.au (Australia)
Houston defends MH17 ‘policing’
AUSTRALIA’S push to secure the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine would be a police-led operation, not a military one, special envoy Angus Houston says. …read more Source:...
Grieving parents search for answers
THE parents of Fatima Dyczynski completed their pilgrimage of love to the MH17 crash site last night, after resisting efforts by Ukrainian officials to dissuade them from entering the rebel-controlled area. …read more Source:...
Attacks kill Ukraine mayor
TWO Ukrainian mayors have been targeted in separate attacks, with one shot dead while the other’s house was hit by an antitank rocket. …read more Source:...
Troops may be sent to MH17 site
AUSTRALIA came a step closer to sending troops to the MH17 crash site after Ukraine’s acting PM said a vote to let them in could come next week. …read more Source:...
MH17: Headway, but hurdles ahead
ONE week on, control of the MH17 investigation has been handed to the Dutch. But as Ukraine descends into further political instability, how will safe access to the crash site be maintained? …read more Source:...
Russia ‘to give rebels deadlier missiles’
RUSSIA has been lobbing artillery shells into Ukraine and is planning to give the rebels even deadlier missiles, the US State Department said. …read more Source:...
Face to face with the Russian rebels
WHAT drives ordinary people to take up arms in their own country? Charles Miranda spent a morning with the separatist rebels in Ukraine’s east to find out. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM quits after fists fly
UKRAINIAN Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has resigned after two political parties cut ties with the majority coalition and fists flew in parliament. …read more Source:...
A desperate train trip from Donetsk
JOURNALIST Charles Miranda records the scenes as thousands of residents flee the city of Donetsk, believing that war is coming to the Ukrainian city. …read more Source:...
Ukraine could be heading to polls
TWO political parties have cut ties with Ukraine’s majority coalition in order to force an early election which some hope will rid the parliament of ‘Moscow agents’. …read more Source:...
