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Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in pictures
The world is demanding answers from Russia after a Malaysia Airlines jet’s destruction over Donetsk, Ukraine, near the Russian border. The area has seen violent clashes between Ukrainian and pro-Russia separatists since the annexation of Crimea in February … …read more Source: The...
Shelling cuts power to Ukraine city
Shelling cuts electricity and water supplies in most of the rebel-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, and an oil refinery is on fire. …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine video report
Firefighters and journalists discuss Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday by a ground-to-air missile, killing 283 passengers and 15 crew. Nine Britons are among the dead. Ukrainian rebels are being blamed for shooting down the plane with a Russian-made missile … …read more Source: The...
Putin Defensive Over Ukraine Plane Tragedy
The Russian president says the “awful tragedy” would not have happened if military action had not resumed in southeast Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...
Malaysia Airlines crash: AIDS experts devastated by loss of colleagues
Leading members of the AIDS research community pay tribute to colleagues who were travelling on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 when it crashed in Ukraine …read more Source: The...
World leaders under pressure to ‘bring those b******* to justice’ for bringing down flight MH17 amid warnings of a ‘war at the heart of Europe’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said world leaders needed to realised there was ‘a war in the heart of Europe’ taking place, amid growing fury at Moscow’s backing the pro-Russian separatists suspected of carrying out the assault. …read more Source: Daily...
Russian media point finger at Kiev
Reports of the crash on Russian state controlled broadcasters avoided any suggestion that the separatists may have been responsible …read more Source: Financial...
Was MH17 flying through Ukraine warzone to save fuel?
Safety watchdogs will investigate the doomed passenger jet’s flight plan to see why the aircraft was flying through a warzone. …read more Source: Daily...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash: Top Aids expert Joep Lange among up to 100 researchers and activists on board
A prominent Aids expert was among up to 100 scientists, activists, researchers and health workers who died in the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: what we know so far
Following new developments and global reaction overnight, here is a roundup of the current state of play around Thursday’s crash in the UkraineFollow today’s live blog on the MH17 crashAuthorities have updated the death toll to 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, near the Russian border, to...
