Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Kiev’s gamble: attacks on rebels near MH17 site risks alliance with West
Forces loyal to Kiev stepped up a ferocious new round of attacks on rebels – forcing Canberra’s first substantive MH17 investigative team to abort what would have been its first day at the sprawling crash site. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
US says photos show Russian artillery fire into Ukraine
The United States has released satellite images to bolster its claim Russian artillery has fired across the border into Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17: Tony Abbott says all Australia wants to do is recover the dead
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought to reassure Russia, the Ukraine and the Russian-backed rebels who control the MH17 crash zone that Australia has no other purpose than to recover the victims and leave. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17: AFP on the ground in Ukraine as governments discuss legal standing
Dozens of Australian Federal Police have arrived in Donetsk, the regional centre nearest to the MH17 crash site, amid questions about why is Canberra sending so many and about the legal standing of the deployment before a vote of approval by the Ukrainian parliament. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Unarmed Australian police on “risky mission” to secure MH17 crash site
Unarmed Australian police will immediately enter and take control of the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine in what Prime Minister Tony Abbott has conceded is a “risky mission”. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
AFP to start work at MH17 crash site
Australian Federal Police officers will be included in a Dutch-led humanitarian mission to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Julie Bishop heading to Ukraine to urge deployment of troops to MH17 crash site
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans will return to Ukraine today to urge the government in Kiev to recall Parliament and approve the deployment of armed Australian troops to the MH17 crash site. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
AFP officers deployed to Kharkiv
A large contingent of AFP officers is in Ukraine ready to secure the MH17 crash site, as Julie Bishop pushes for a security deal to be ratified on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Hope dies as fears grow in Kiev
Kiev: “I think there is a giant meat grinder ahead of us,” says the bar owner, gloomily. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Bishop may return to Kiev to finalise deal
Dutch and Australian military planes are transporting the final 38 coffins containing MH17 remains from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
