Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Malaysian jet with 295 on board crashes in Ukraine (AFP)
GRABOVE (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed on Thursday in rebel-held east Ukraine, as Kiev said the jet was shot down in a “terrorist” attack. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysian jet with 295 passengers crashes in Ukraine (AFP)
GRABOVE (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed on Thursday in rebel-held east Ukraine, as Kiev said the jet was shot down in a “terrorist” attack. …read more Source: The West...
Many dead at airliner crash site (AFP)
Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Dozens of severely mutilated corpses could be seen strewn in the wreckage of a Malaysian airliner that crashed Thursday in rebel-held eastern Ukraine but there were no signs of survivors, an AFP reporter at the scene said. …read more Source: The West...
Rebel site suggests insurgents shot down Malaysia plane by mistake (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A social media site attributed to a top Ukrainian rebel commander said the insurgents had shot down an army transporter at the location where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed Thursday near the Russian border. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysia plane ‘shot down’ over Ukraine (AFP)
Officials say the number of dead from the Malaysia plane believed to have been shot down over Ukraine is “not yet known”. …read more Source: The West...
Obama, Putin spoke about US sanctions: US official (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Thursday about tough new sanctions imposed on Moscow on Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Obama and Putin spoke about US sanctions Thursday: US official (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone early on Thursday about tough new sanctions imposed on Moscow on Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Airliner ‘shot down’ over Ukraine (AAP)
Emergency services are reportedly trying to reach the scene of a passenger plane crash in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev says Russian jet shoots down Ukrainian plane (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev on Thursday accused a Russian air force jet of shooting down a Ukrainian warplane over its territory Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions along the volatile border between the two ex-Soviet states. …read more Source: The West...
Next stop Russia for those fleeing rebel-held Donetsk (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – When young mother Natasha woke up to find her quiet suburb suddenly on the frontline of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Moscow rebels — she knew it was time to pack up her three kids and get out. …read more Source: The West...
