27 australians missing on downed malaysian flight

[viewmont1071]

http://www.thereporter.com.au/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-shot-down-over-ukrai/2322591/

DUTCH authorities have confirmed that 27 Australians were among the 295 on board the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 which crashed overnight.

Anyone with concerns about friends or family, contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 1300 555 135

DFAT: 'Grave concerns' for Australians on board MH17

[icyfroth]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Update:

Ukraine in political limbo as PM resigns, complicating M17 probe

"Prime Minister **bleep**niy Yatsenyuk said he was stepping down over the “dissolution of the parliamentary coalition and the blocking of government initiatives” after several parties walked out on the ruling group.

The collapse of the ruling coalition paves the way for early elections to be called by President Petro Poroshenko within 30 days."

Entire Article Here

Geez that's weird. Saw him on 60 mins Sunday night he was vehement to world step in to punish the Russians over the M17 downing.

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ha ha they bleeped out the first name 🙂

[the_great_she_elephant]

Oh dear, what a mess.  An election campaign with all the sniping and backbiting that inevitably go with it is the last thing The Ukraine needs at the moment. I really feel for the Ukrainian people.

[icyfroth]

So do I. At least they'll get to have another election. The last PM they elected was ousted by the rebels.

[cherry*135]

I saw that bleep out, icy.

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:
I saw that bleep out, icy.

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I'm happy for you.

[***super_nova***]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

I am not sure that the families of the 300 dead would give any kudos to that post at all

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Why?  For explaining the situation in that region?  I am not saying that shooting down the plane was not despicable.  And I hope they catch those who actually did it, whoever they are. 

[***super_nova***]

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@icyfroth wrote:

So do I. At least they'll get to have another election. The last PM they elected was ousted by the rebels.

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That will not be much help as people in the rebel held territories will very unlikely get to vote. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/mh17/investigators-find-huge-piece-of-mh17-jet-in-ukraine-w...

Mr Bociurkiw said parts of the wreckage had “almost machinegun types of holes’’.

This would appear to support claims that MH17 was sprayed by shrapnel from a Russian surface-to-air missile designed to explode near its target.

[icyfroth]

Update: Kiev (AFP) - Black boxes recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine show shrapnel from a rocket explosion caused the passenger jet to crash, a Ukrainian security official said Monday. https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/24570466/mh17-black-boxes-show-crash-caused-by-rocket-shrapnel/