The Australian government confirmed it would remain in Ukraine for as long as it took to complete the investigations into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
Ukraine is fully responsible for tragedy of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his visiting Australian counterpart Tony Abbot say that the two countries would continue cooperation in dealing with the tragedies of MH370 and MH17.
Russia is demanding to know why international investigators have yet to publish the black box data from a Malaysian airliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke over phone with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Tuesday and urged relevant parties to jointly facilitate an independent, fair and objective probe into the MH17 incident.
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.
The family of two brothers killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is unhappy that the carrier has offered them no grief counselling in more than a week and is refusing to organize a flight home to Houston for the boys' grandmother.
Ukraine shelled Russian territory for nine times in recent months, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Three New Zealand police specialists in identifying disaster victims are to join international efforts to identify all 298 victims of crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff flapping in the wind.
Britain, Germany and France agreed on Sunday that they should be ready to ratchet up sanctions on Russia over the downing of a Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers when European foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday.
To avoid repeating the tragedy of the downed Malaysian airliner, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged all concerned parties on Monday to not politicize the issue but rather reach a cease-fire in Ukraine.
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