Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Family want space scientists on MH17 probe (AAP)
George and Angela Dyczynski have arrived back in Amsterdam following a five-day trip to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
EU imposes new sanctions in ‘a strong warning’ to Russia (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – After months of hesitation, the EU agreed Tuesday to impose economic sanctions against Russia, hoping this “strong warning” would make it change course in Ukraine as fighting intensified around cities held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says 17 killed by shelling in Gorlivka (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Seventeen people, including three children, were killed in the past 24 hours by shelling in Ukraine’s rebel-held stronghold of Gorlivka, local Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch police receive 150 MH17 crash images, videos (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Witnesses have uploaded 150 photos and videos to a Dutch police server set up to help piece together the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over east Ukraine, a spokeswoman said. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch PM asks Ukraine to stop fighting near crash site (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Tuesday to ask Ukrainian forces to stop fighting around the MH17 crash site, a government spokesman said. …read more Source: The West...
Aussies working to identify the MH17 dead (AAP)
There are 38 Australian forensic experts evenly split between the Netherlands and Ukraine working to identify the MH17 victims. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels claim Kiev now controls part of MH17 site (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s army on Monday seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, insurgents said, as the United Nations announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels claim Kiev now control part of MH17 site (AFP)
Shakhtarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s army on Monday seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, insurgents said, as the United Nations announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime. …read more Source: The West...
Some MH17 victims may ‘never be found’ (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – All remains of the 298 people who died on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine may never be recovered, Dutch police chief Gerard Bouman said on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 black boxes show crash caused by rocket shrapnel (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – 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, a Ukrainian security official said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
