MH 17: Ukrainian president ordered fighting to stop to allow access to the crash site

Donetsk
Donetsk
Avatar of Linda Hohnholz
Written by Linda Hohnholz

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told journalists at a press conference in Kiev he has ordered troops to stop all military actions within a radius of 40km from the site of the Malaysian Boeing

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told journalists at a press conference in Kiev he has ordered troops to stop all military actions within a radius of 40km from the site of the Malaysian Boeing crash.

Poroshenko also said heโ€™s invited Russian experts to take part in investigating the plane crash.

โ€œAs Ukrainian president I immediately invited representatives of the countries which lost their citizens in the crash, first of all โ€“ representatives of the Netherlands, Malaysia, Germany, Great Britain, Australia and the US โ€“ and I gave an order to invite a Russian representative, so that [the investigation] could be conducted in the most transparent way,โ€ Poroshenko said, as cited by ITAR-TASS.

Shortly after his announcements Kiev forces were accused of attacking the train station in Donetsk, continuing fights around the airport and heavy fighting also broke out with repels in other parts of the city center. Donetsk is the gateway to get to the crash sit.

In response to the fighting in Donetsk the president later denied the Ukrainian army had any part of this assault.

About the author

Avatar of Linda Hohnholz

Linda Hohnholz

Editor in chief for eTurboNews based in the eTN HQ.

Share to...