Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Main findings in the MH17 air disaster (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – Air crash investigators on Tuesday said a BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine ripped through Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 last year killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: The West...
Russia bars sister of jailed Ukraine pilot from testifying (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russian security authorities on Tuesday prevented the sister of a jailed Ukrainian pilot who stands accused of murdering two Moscow reporters from testifying in her defence. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 tragedy blamed on Russia-made missile (AAP)
Dutch investigators have criticised Ukraine for failing to close the airspace over the country’s east before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down. …read more Source: The West...
Russia says ‘serious doubts’ about goal of Dutch MH17 probe: ministry (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday said it had “serious doubts” about the goal of a Dutch inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airline plane that was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Putin asks IMF to help Ukraine pay off $3 billion debt to Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin called Tuesday on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend an additional $3 billion to Ukraine to help the ex-Soviet country pay off its debt to Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ‘should have closed airspace’ (AAP)
Nobody thought civil aviation was at risk over Ukraine but authorities should have shut down airspace before MH17 was shot down, Dutch investigators say. …read more Source: The West...
Malaysia rips ‘trigger-happy criminals’ who downed MH17 (AFP)
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia vowed on Tuesday to seek the prosecution of the “trigger-happy criminals” who downed flight MH17, after a Dutch-led investigation said it was shot down by a missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine should have closed air space over war zone: MH17 inquiry (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – Kiev should have closed the air space over eastern Ukraine because of the conflict with pro-Russian separatists, the official inquiry into the MH17 air disaster found Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Russian BUK missile maker disputes Dutch MH17 inquiry findings (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian maker of BUK missiles on Tuesday sought to discredit findings of an official inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Russian-made missile blamed in MH17 report (AAP)
International investigators have concluded a Russian-made missile brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: The West...
