Dutch experts head to eastern Ukraine site
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Dutch experts are heading to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, officials say. It follows an agreement between international observers and pro-Russian separatists, the Ukrainian justice ministry says. Separately, Malaysia says it has struck a deal with the rebels to allow international police at the site. MH17 crashed on 17 July, killing all 298 people on board. The rebels have been accused of shooting it down. Russia has suggested the plane could have been shot down by the Ukrainian military - an allegation Ukraine denies. Investigators have struggled to gain access to the rebel-controlled crash site, despite a truce between Ukrainian troops and separatist forces. Fighting has continued just 60km (35 miles) away from the crash site near the town of Grabove, according to BBC.