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Downing of MH17 jet in Ukraine 'may be war crime' - UN | |
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The downing of Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 in eastern Ukraine may constitute a "war crime", the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. | The downing of Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 in eastern Ukraine may constitute a "war crime", the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. |
Ukraine and Western governments believe pro-Russian rebels shot down MH17, using a missile system supplied by Russia. All 298 people on board - most of them Dutch - died. | Ukraine and Western governments believe pro-Russian rebels shot down MH17, using a missile system supplied by Russia. All 298 people on board - most of them Dutch - died. |
Moscow and the rebels have blamed Ukrainian forces for the plane crash. | Moscow and the rebels have blamed Ukrainian forces for the plane crash. |
Dutch and Australian police are reported to be heading for the site. | Dutch and Australian police are reported to be heading for the site. |
Heavy fighting in the area prevented the police going there earlier. They want to help secure the huge crash site - in rebel-held territory - so that plane wreckage and human remains can be examined by international crash experts. | |
Most of the bodies have been removed, many of them repatriated to the Netherlands. | |
The Ukrainian army is trying to take control of two main roads, which the government in Kiev believes to be vital supply lines from Russia for rebel forces in Donetsk. | |
In the past 24 hours there has been heavy shelling in the city of Horlivka, where several civilians were killed. | |
In the city of Donetsk at least three people died in shelling too, the municipal authorities say. |