Section: Australia&NZ
MH17 victims leave Ukraine
The ceremony was solemn, but as the airlift of bodies of the MH17 victims began here on Wednesday there was a hole in the heart of the operation. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
‘We shot down MH17 plane’: rebel
A PRO-RUSSIAN militiaman said his forces shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, as the first bodies left Ukraine bound for the Netherlands. …read more Source:...
Maslin family release tribute to children killed in MH17
The parents of three WA children who were killed in the MH17 tragedy have released a statement addressed to “the Ukraine, the politicians, the media, our friends and family.” …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine frustrated by lack of action by world leaders over MH17
(With: MALAYSIA-JET, MALAYSIA-JET-TOWN, PUTIN-UKRAINE); KIEV, Ukraine – From the moment it became clear that a civilian jetliner had been shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people and jolting the world’s attention to the country’s battle with Russian-backed insurgents, many Ukrainians, i… …read more Source:...
Australia: All Ukraine victims may not be found
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) The remains of some victims of the Malaysian airliner crash may never be recovered unless there is a secure and thorough search of the area in rebel-controlled east Ukraine where it was shot down, Australia’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Plane carrying MH17 bodies leaves Ukraine for Netherlands (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Wednesday left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands following a sombre ceremony, an AFP journalist at the scene said. …read more Source: The West...
Dignified departure for MH17 bodies
THE first bodies from the MH17 disaster have been moved off the tarmac at a Ukrainian airport bound for the Netherlands, as Tony Abbott said many bodies may still be at the crash site. …read more Source:...
Bodies of Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine is preparing a departure ceremony for the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster, which are being flown to the Netherlands.Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday’s ceremony… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Possible many more MH17 bodies with wreckage: Australia PM (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday it was possible that many bodies from the MH17 crash were still lying in the open in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Scuffle breaks out in Ukrainian parliament after vote
Ukraine’s parliament descended into a schoolyard push and shove between politicians after a lawmaker accused authorities of running a war against the Ukrainian people. …read more Source: ABC...
