Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Rebels move MH17 air crash bodies as US accuses Russia (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian militiamen in Ukraine loaded almost 200 bodies from downed flight MH17 into refrigerated train wagons on Sunday as an outraged United States pointed the finger of blame directly at Moscow and demanded it ensure full access to the crash site for international investigators. …read more Source: The...
Putin’s Russia risks burning bridges over jet crash (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia risks burning bridges with the West over the deadly Malaysian plane crash in Ukraine, as analysts warn that President Vladimir Putin might never accept responsibility for the disaster. …read more Source: The West...
Bodies moved from MH17 site as world demands probe (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – International monitors said Sunday that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine had loaded scores of bodies from the crash site of downed Malaysian jet MH17 into train wagons as grieving families clamoured to have their loved ones brought home. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels have removed MH17 bodies: Ukraine (AP)
Separatists have taken away 196 bodies that were recovered from the MH17 crash site, Ukraine authorities say, and the fate of the other 102 is unknown. …read more Source: The West...
Aussies to be part of MH17 investigation (AAP)
An international team of experts is ready to visit the MH17 crash site but they can’t yet secure safe access to the rebel-held area in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysia demands protection of MH17 crash site (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia issued an impassioned plea Saturday for the MH17 disaster site in Ukraine to be protected from tampering, saying evidence was being compromised in what it called a “betrayal of the lives that were lost.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russia rebels of looting crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused pro-Russian insurgents of destroying evidence at the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine, Berlin said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev says rebels trying to destroy crash evidence (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of helping separatist insurgents they say shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 try to destroy evidence at the crash site. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels agree to security zone at Ukraine crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents agreed on Saturday to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...
