Section: CBC (Canada)
Investigators renew bid to access Malaysian jet crash site despite fighting
A joint Australian-Dutch probe team renewed efforts on Monday to gain access to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, Australian Federal Police said, after fierce fighting kept them away the previous day. …read more Source:...
On the front lines in eastern Ukraine with a rebel dog: Susan Ormiston
The CBC’s Susan Ormiston reports from the front line in eastern Ukraine, where she received a strange request amidst the battle between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. …read more Source:...
Russia should lose 2018 World Cup over Ukraine crisis, U.K. deputy PM says
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister wants Russia stripped of the right to host the 2018 World Cup to punish President Vladimir Putin for “belligerent behaviour” in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Police visit to MH17 disaster site cancelled over reports of fighting
A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Dutch police head to crash scene
Dutch police on Sunday set off for the scene of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine to secure the site, which investigators complain has already been compromised. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Government forces attempt to retake key town
Ukrainian officials say their forces have advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk in hopes of retaking the stronghold held for months by pro-Russia rebels. …read more Source:...
Parents of woman aboard downed Flight MH17 visit crash site in Ukraine
The parents of a woman who was on Flight MH17 when it was shot down in eastern Ukraine last week travelled to the scene of the crash on Saturday, arriving from Amsterdam after a journey from their home in Perth, Australia. …read more Source:...
Russia firing artillery at Ukraine troops, U.S. says
Russia is launching artillery attacks from its soil on Ukrainian troops and preparing to move heavier weaponry across the border, according to the U.S and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Dutch repatriation ceremony to honour more MH17 victims
The remains of 74 more people who died when Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down last week are set to return to the Netherlands on Friday as the Australian and Dutch governments pushed to secure the site where the jet was downed in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
