Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 families sue Ukraine rebel for $900 mn (AFP)
Chicago (AFP) – Relatives of victims aboard the doomed MH17 flight have filed a nearly $900 million suit against a one-time leader of Ukranian insurgents over the shooting down of the jet in the rebel-held east of the country last year. …read more Source: The West...
A year on, Ukrainian villagers recall horrors of MH17 crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) ” The field outside Hrabove, littered one year ago with bodies and smelling of burnt flesh and plastic, now smells of wild flowers.But the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 still haunts residents, who… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 tribunal would be counterproductive: Putin tells Dutch PM (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. …read more Source: The West...
Russia lashes out at leaks of MH17 draft report
MOSCOW (AP) ” A top Russian aviation official says leaks of the draft report on the Malaysian jetliner crash over eastern Ukraine are meant to put pressure on investigators.A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down on July 17… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin tells Dutch PM MH17 tribunal would be counterproductive: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. …read more Source: The West...
Fighting surges in east Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels have mounted one of the heaviest attacks on government troops since a February peace accord, Ukraine said, as the two sides blamed each other for a surge in fighting. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Dutch remember MH17 victims, hunt those responsible (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch flags will fly at half-mast this week as families remember those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago, with all efforts now focused on catching those responsible. …read more Source: The West...
Eleven killed in heaviest Ukraine clashes in weeks (AFP)
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine lost eight soldiers Wednesday in a dramatic spike in fighting with pro-Russian gunmen that further imperilled a truce Washington’s top European envoy is desperately trying to salvage in Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, rebels report deadliest fighting in over a month (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Wednesday reported some of the strongest attacks by pro-Russian rebels since the signing of a peace deal in February, with eight government soldiers killed in the past 24 h… …read more Source: The West...
Eight Ukraine soldiers killed in past 24 hours: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Eight Ukrainian troops have been killed and 16 wounded in the war-torn east as pro-Russian rebels launched one of their fiercest attacks since the signing of a shaky ceasefire deal, Kiev security officials said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
