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MH17 ceremony turns into flag-waving protest by pro-Russian separatists
Members of Donetsk People’s Republic turn out at memorial near small east Ukrainian village where Malaysia Airlines flight crashed after being hit by missileCommemorations marking the anniversary of the shooting down of flight MH17 have been thrown into controversy as a ceremony at the crash site in eastern Ukraine turned into a flag-waving...
Flight MH17 crash anniversary – in pictures
One year after the plane was shot down over Ukraine killing 298 people, memorials have been held for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash … …read more Source: The...
VIDEO: MH17 tribute at Ukraine crash site
The BBC’s Tom Burridge reports from the site where the MH17 plane came down over eastern Ukraine killing 298 people. …read more Source:...
Local people gather to honour MH17 dead in eastern Ukraine
When MH17 was destroyed, the villages of Gravovo, Rosipnoye, and Petropavlivka escaped destruction by a matter of metres. Now locals have taken it upon themselves to honour the victims …read more Source: The...
New footage of MH17 crash site ‘shows rebels rifling through bags of victims’
Newly released video footage filmed at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 appears to show Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels… …read more Source: The...
BBC correspondent disputes News Corp claims over MH17 footage
Australian newspapers show video of Ukrainian rebels at the crash site The BBC’s Australia correspondent, Jon Donnison, is disputing claims by Rupert Murdoch’s Aussie newspapers that they have discovered “disturbing new footage” of the aftermath of the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine last year.It shows...
Dutch town hard hit by MH17 disaster remembers victims with sunflowers
Ukrainian sunflowers were grown in tribute to the 15 residents of Hilversum who died when plane was shot down a year ago. RFE/RL reportsThe Dutch town of Hilversum was one of the hardest hit when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago. Fifteen residents, including three families, were among the 298 on board the ill-fated flight...
Leaders, villagers remember victims of downed Malaysian plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – The rebel-held east Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down honored the 298 victims at a simple ceremony on Friday as calls grew for an international tribunal to prosecute those who brought it down. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash victims are remembered on the disaster’s first anniversary
Residents in the Ukrainian village of Hrabove where the doomed airliner came down joined a long procession to the crash site earlier this morning (pictured). …read more Source: Daily...
MH17 disaster: New footage shows rebels picking through dead passenger’s luggage
“Sickening” footage has emerged of separatist fighters in Ukraine sifting through the belongings of passengers killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. …read more Source: The...
