Section: France 24 (France)
Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down over rebel-held territory
Ukraine’s military has said that two of its fighter jets were shot down by pro-Russia separatists in the country’s east on Wednesday, not far from where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: France...
Netherlands to honour MH17 victims in national day of mourning
Bodies from the crash site of flight MH17 in east Ukraine will arrive in the Netherlands Wednesday as the country marks a day of national mourning for the 193 citizens it lost when their plane was allegedly shot down by pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: France...
US, UK oppose France’s warship sale to Russia
Both the US and UK have spoken out against France’s planned delivery of a second Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia after the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine rebels release bodies, black boxes from flight MH17
After five days of obstruction, the black boxes of the downed Malaysian jet were handed over by Ukrainian rebels, the separatists also allowed a train carrying the remains of 280 people killed in the crash to leave the rebel-held region. …read more Source: France...
Ukrainian separatists to hand over Flight MH17 black boxes
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday that pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine’s east had agreed to give up the black boxes from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, while the victims’ remains are to be handed over to the Netherlands. …read more Source: France...
Russia dismisses accusations Ukrainian separatists shot down Flight MH17
Russia’s Defence Ministry dismissed accusations on Monday that pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine’s east were at fault for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jet last week, alleging instead that Ukrainian warplanes had been flying close to the plane. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine rebels ‘have MH17 black boxes’
Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Sunday said they had recovered what they believe to be the black boxes from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and would hand them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine rebels ‘remove 196’ bodies to unknown location
Separatist rebels have taken away all the 196 bodies that workers had recovered from Thursday’s Malaysian Airlines plane crash to an unknown location, Ukraine’s emergency services said Sunday. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine accuses rebels of trying to destroy crash evidence
Ukraine’s government on Saturday accused pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country of trying to destroy evidence at the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed and of removing 38 bodies from the scene. …read more Source: France...
Obama calls downing of Malaysian jet ‘wake up call’ for world
U.S. President Barack Obama said the downing of a Malaysian jetliner in a Ukrainian region controlled by Russian-backed separatists should be a “wake-up call for Europe and the world” and warned Russia of possible tightening of sanctions. …read more Source: France...
