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| Ukraine MH17: Russian aviation experts to visit site | |
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| Russian aviation experts have arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev ahead of a visit to the site of the Flight MH17 crash in rebel-held territory. | |
| Ukraine's government has called a one-day pause in military operations against pro-Russia rebels to allow investigators to reach the site. | |
| The Russian team plans to visit the site with international colleagues and study debris there together. | |
| The Malaysia Airlines plane is said to have been shot down killing 298 people. | |
| There is evidence that the plane was hit by a missile, with Ukraine, the US and others accusing the pro-Russian separatist rebels, who deny targeting the jet. | |
| Russia has come under increased pressure to end its support for the rebels despite having continually denied claims that it is arming and training them. Moscow has accused Ukraine of shooting down the plane - a charge Kiev denies. | |
| A new round of EU sanctions is being revealed on Thursday following similar action by the US. | |
| 'All the materials' | |
| International air crash investigators have been unable to conduct a proper search of the crash site because of intense fighting between government and rebel forces in the region. | |
| A Russian delegation led by Oleg Storchevoy, deputy head of Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia, arrived in Kiev. | |
| "Russian experts intend to meet the head of the investigative commission... and hand over all the materials that the chairman of the commission had previously asked for," Rosaviatsia said in a statement. | |
| "Today, the Russian representatives will also try to reach the crash area of the Boeing 777 and together with specialists from the international investigative commission examine the state of parts of the aircraft at the site." |