Section: The United Kingdom
Malaysia Airlines plane might have been shot down by Buk missile
Western-based defence specialists say either Russians or Russian supported groups in eastern Ukraine were responsibleThe Malaysian Airlines plane may have been shot down by a vehicle-mounted Russian-built Buk missile system, according to western-based defence specialists.Russian-backed rebels groups or Russian forces based in eastern Ukraine have...
Malaysia Airlines crash: President Poroshenko calls shooting down of Malaysian plane an ‘act of terrorism’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko calls on Dutch experts to launch an investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine: Analysis
Time after time, the pro-Russian guerrillas in eastern Ukraine have shown their ability to shoot down aircraft. …read more Source: The...
Up to 10 British and 23 American passengers feared dead after Malaysian Airlines MH17 is shot down over Ukraine
Between five and 10 British passengers were among the 295 killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was ‘shot down’ on the Russia-Ukraine border, it has been revealed. …read more Source: Daily...
Malaysia airlines flight MH17 crash: US President Obama and Russian President Putin discuss Ukraine plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have discussed the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in a field in eastern Ukraine, both the White House and the Kremlin confirmed on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines Crash: Similarity with earlier Soviet-era disaster
With speculation mounting that flight MH17 was downed by a missile fired from Russian-controlled east Ukraine, memories were stirred of an earlier Soviet-era aviation disaster. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines plane crash: latest reaction
Live reaction to the news that Malaysia Airlines MH17 was shot down over Ukraine with 295 people on board …read more Source: The...
Q&A: Latest sanctions on Russia explained
As the US imposes its toughest sanctions yet against Russia it seems to be processing through three phases of actions it threatened if Moscow did not respond acceptably …read more Source: Financial...
Malaysia airlines flight MH17 crash: Ukraine to launch investigation into crash
The Ukrainian authorities are to launch an investigation after a passenger jet carrying 295 people was reportedly shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, according to a Ukrainian interior ministry official. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia airlines plane crash: Ukraine rebels deny ‘shooting down’ passenger jet flight MH17 on Russian border
Ukrainian rebels have denied any involvement in the ‘shooting down’ of a Malaysian passenger aircraft near the Russian border in eastern Ukraine in which 295 people are reported to have been killed. …read more Source: The...
