MH17: Crash site a strategic target for Ukraine troops, rebels

By Paul McGeough
Updated July 29 2014 - 2:23pm, first published 11:48am
Dimitriy Gorozhaninov sits inside the remains of his family's home where his father, mother, sister and wife died after a shell landed on their home in Petrovskiy on the outskirts of Donetsk.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Dimitriy Gorozhaninov sits inside the remains of his family's home where his father, mother, sister and wife died after a shell landed on their home in Petrovskiy on the outskirts of Donetsk. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Donetsk: Ukrainian and rebel forces are locked in a struggle for control of the MH17 crash site, driving Australian and Dutch investigators to opt for high-risk strategies that so far have failed to win them access to the debris field where the Malaysian aircraft went down.

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