Section: The West Australian (Australia)
MH17 missile ‘driven from Russia’ (AAP)
An international team has presented evidence a Malaysian airliner downed in eastern Ukraine in 2014 was hit by a missile brought across the border from Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says MH17 probe proves Russia’s ‘direct involvement’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev said Wednesday that a Dutch inquiry into the downing of Flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine proved Russia’s “direct involvement” in the death of the 298 people on board. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 investigation chronology (AAP)
A chronology of the investigation into the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch-led team to release initial MH17 criminal probe (AFP)
Nieuwegein (Netherlands) (AFP) – Dutch-led criminal investigators were Wednesday to release initial findings into the MH17 disaster, which may pinpoint the exact spot in eastern Ukraine from where a missile was fired at the plane. …read more Source: The West...
Investigators to report on MH17 downing (AAP)
A team of prosecutors from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine are due to report their findings on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev’s last survivor of Nazi ‘path to death’ at Babi Yar (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – “We were gathered here, and sent along ‘the path to death’,” says Raisa Maistrenko, pointing to a Kiev ravine that 75 years ago witnessed one of the worst atrocities of World War II. …read more Source: The West...
Russia accuses Kiev over MH17 ahead of Dutch probe release (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Monday sought to deflect blame over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, accusing Kiev just days before the results of a Dutch criminal probe into the mass-killing are released. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader rails against Russia at UN (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko railed against Russia at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, urging Moscow to give peace a chance in a more than two-year conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels agree troop pullbacks in three areas: OSCE (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Negotiators sent by Kiev and pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday for the first time agreed to pull back troops from three areas along the battered frontline in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Pride and pressure as Crimea holds first Russia parliament vote (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Crimea went to the polls Sunday to elect deputies to Russia’s parliament for the first time since the region was annexed by Moscow — stirring pride in some, but pushing others to protest. …read more Source: The West...