Section: The United Kingdom
Obama condemns Russia over downed plane in Ukraine, gunmen hamper inquiry
HRABOVE Ukraine (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama demanded Russia stop supporting separatists in Ukraine after the downing of a Malaysian airliner by a surface-to-air missile he said was fired from rebel territory raised the prospect of more sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source:...
Family Of Six Killed On Doomed Passenger Plane
The Tambi family, including four children, were travelling on flight MH17 when it was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...
Malaysia Airlines crash – July 18 as it happened
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has crashed in Ukraine, on the border with Russia, with 298 people onboard. Ukraine’s interior ministry says the plane was shot down by a missile… …read more Source: The...
MH17: A scene of horror – death and the banalities of life together in a Ukrainian field
Debris from the Malaysia Airlines flight blown up over Ukraine stretches over miles of countryside …read more Source: The...
MH17: Pro-Russian separatist says Ukranian’s are responsible for the disaster
Pavel Gubarev, the “people’s governor” of the rebel-held Donetsk region, says it’s not the first time Ukrainian anti-aircraft defence have accidentally shot down a plane …read more Source: The...
Pro-Russia rebels accused of cover-up over MH17 atrocity – live updates
Obama confirms surface-to-air missile was usedAirlines change flight paths to avoid UkrainePutin calls for opposing sides in Ukraine to lay down armsUS president blames disaster on pro-Russia rebelsUkrainian, Russian and rebel leaders deny involvementUN demands full inquiryMH17 crash in pictures 5.32pm AESTHere’s a summary of the...
Ukrainian government releases horrific picture of infant lying in a field that it says was killed when rebels shot down MH17
Ukraine government advisor Anton Gerashchenko today released a horrific image of a dead baby lying in field that he said was a victim of flight MH17. He said: “I was thinking for a long time if I should publish this picture. …read more Source: Daily...
Australians who died on flight MH17 in pictures
These are some of the faces of passengers who on board MH17 when it was apparently shot down over Ukraine … …read more Source: The...
MH17 eyewitness accounts emerge of the horror that unfolded at crash site
Makeshift white flags have been placed to mark where some of the 298 bodies lay in corn fields and among the debris of the doomed Malaysian Airlines, which was blasted out of the sky over the Ukraine by a missile. …read more Source: Daily...
MH17: British investigators arrive in Ukraine as pressure grows on Russia
Downing Street says six experts will join international team as China and Australia call for ‘objective’ investigationExperts from the UK will arrive in Kiev on Saturday to assist a Ukrainian-led investigation into how Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down. Downing Street said six investigators from the UK Air Accidents...
