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More MH17 victims repatriated at Netherlands ceremony
Jul24

More MH17 victims repatriated at Netherlands ceremony

Dignitaries in the Netherlands gathered for another solemn moment of silence at Eindhoven airfield on Thursday as the remains of 51 more Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 victims were returned to Dutch soil. …read more Source:...

More MH17 victims repatriated at Netherlands ceremony
Jul24

More MH17 victims repatriated at Netherlands ceremony

Two military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday. …read more Source:...

MH17: EU talks tougher sanctions for Russia to target banks
Jul24

MH17: EU talks tougher sanctions for Russia to target banks

Ukraine’s Security Council said on Wednesday preliminary information indicated that missiles which brought down two government fighter jets over eastern Ukraine were fired from Russia …read more Source: The Globe and...

More bodies of Flight 17 victims sent to Netherlands as efforts to secure wreckage stepped up
Jul24

More bodies of Flight 17 victims sent to Netherlands as efforts to secure wreckage stepped up

KHARKIV, Ukraine — A Dutch military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday and a second prepared to go, while Australia’s government dispatched 50 police officers to London to prepare to join a proposed UN team to secure the scattered wreckage. All 298 people aboard...

Two Ukraine parties quit parliament coalition to trigger election
Jul24

Two Ukraine parties quit parliament coalition to trigger election

One party leader said current situation protects ‘Moscow agents’ …read more Source: The Globe and...

2 planes with more Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
Jul24

2 planes with more Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine

Containers holding remains of victims of the Malaysia jet crash were loaded aboard two military transports to go to the Netherlands Thursday on the second day of the airlift, while Australia dispatched 50 police officers to prepare to join a proposed UN team to secure the crash site.​ …read more Source:...

Official denies missiles that hit Ukrainian fighter jets fired from Russia: report
Jul24

Official denies missiles that hit Ukrainian fighter jets fired from Russia: report

Ukraine’s Security Council said on Wednesday preliminary information indicated that missiles which brought down two government fighter jets over eastern Ukraine were fired from Russia …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine has not received Canadian aid promised months ago, ambassador says
Jul24

Ukraine has not received Canadian aid promised months ago, ambassador says

Comment marks point of friction between two countries as Harper has made opposition of Russia a centre of policy …read more Source: The Globe and...

Rebels had missiles, commander reportedly admits, while NATO reports more weapons moving into Ukraine
Jul24

Rebels had missiles, commander reportedly admits, while NATO reports more weapons moving into Ukraine

By Roland Oliphant in Donetsk Ukraine said yesterday (Wednesday) that two of its military aircraft had been shot down by missiles fired from Russia, as a senior rebel commander reportedly admitted that separatists forces had been in possession of Buk anti-aircraft missiles. The two Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jets were downed near the village of...

Ukraine rebel commander says separatists had surface-to-air missile system
Jul24

Ukraine rebel commander says separatists had surface-to-air missile system

A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and it could have originated in Russia. …read more Source:...