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Dutch and Australian experts reach MH17 site
Dutch and Australian experts accompanied by a team of international monitors have reached the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Airline safety task force in light of MH17 crash
The United Nations’ civil aviation body said it would quickly form a task force on airline safety, noting that urgent action had to be taken after the recent downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine welcomes sanctions on Russia
Ukraine’s foreign minister has welcomed US and European sanctions on Russia announced yesterday and pledged Kiev would not attack cities now controlled by pro-Russian separatists in its drive to re-establish control over its territory. …read more Source: RTÉ...
No remains of MH17 victims ‘will be left behind’
The head of a Dutch recovery mission in Ukraine has vowed no remains of the victims of Malaysian flight MH17 crash would be left behind. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine says it is fighting ‘foreign mercenaries’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his country was not fighting a civil war in its east but was fighting “foreign mercenaries”. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Fighting complicates Ukraine MH17 crash inquiry
Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed is further complicating an investigation into the crash. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Deal struck with Ukraine rebels over site access
Malaysia’s Prime Minister said that an agreement has been reached with separatists in Ukraine to give international police access to the site where a Malaysian plane was downed. …read more Source: RTÉ...
EU sanctions Russian intelligence over Ukraine
The European Union has broadened its sanctions against Russia over its role in conflict-torn Ukraine to include the heads of intelligence services. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Dutch sending unarmed police to MH17 crash site
The Netherlands is sending 40 unarmed police to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-held Ukraine and is seeking means to “further stabilise the area”. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Europe must stand up to Putin, says Cameron
The loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 must prove a catalyst for changing Russia’s approach and ending the conflict in Ukraine, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said in an opinion piece in the New York Daily News. …read more Source: RTÉ...
