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Ukrainian civilian helicopter crashes in Slovakia, six people dead
A Ukrainian civilian helicopter has crashed in eastern Slovakia, killing six people, a Slovak interior ministry spokesman said on Friday (Saturday NZ Time). …read more Source:...
Ukraine defends not closing airspace where MH17 shot down
Ukraine on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ Time) defended its decision not to close airspace in the east of the country where a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down, saying it was unaware that anti-aircraft weapons were being used in the area and that planes could be under threat. …read more Source:...
Dutch authorities release findings on downing of flight MH17
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed last year after it was hit by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile fired from eastern Ukraine, an air safety investigation has found. …read more Source:...
Dutch authorities set to release findings on downing of flight MH17
The Dutch Safety Board, investigatng the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. …read more Source:...
Final report due into downing of MH17
International investigators are expected to confirm in a final report that a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile brought down a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Barack Obama agrees to meeting with Vladimir Putin over Syria
President Barack Obama has not met one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin for more than 15 months but agreed Thursday to sit down with the Russian leader in New York on Monday as part of a broader effort to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine guardsman killed in protest outside parliament
A Ukrainian national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others wounded by grenades hurled from a crowd of nationalist protesters on Monday as they were guarding parliament where lawmakers backed giving more autonomy to rebel-held areas. …read more Source:...
MH17: Dastardly CIA ‘plot’ to shoot down plane ‘revealed’ in Russia
A Russian newspaper posted an audiotape on its website that purports to reveal two US spies plotting to bring down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine last year. …read more Source:...
Dutch prosecutors: fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile
Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may belong to a Russian-made missile system. …read more Source:...
After Russia UN veto, countries seek court for Flight MH17 prosecutions
The five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine a year ago are considering setting up an independent international tribunal after Russia vetoed attempts to establish a UN-backed court to prosecute suspects. …read more Source:...
