Ukraine war zone tempers Federal Police attempts to access MH17 crash site

By Paul McGeough
Updated August 5 2014 - 10:14am, first published August 1 2014 - 9:04pm
Pro-Russia rebel sniper 'Angel' at a checkpoint on the outskirts Shakhtersk on Thursday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Pro-Russia rebel sniper 'Angel' at a checkpoint on the outskirts Shakhtersk on Thursday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Teachers Olga Korostilenko (left) and Marina Tiheeva fleeing the shelling in Shakhtersk on Thursday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Teachers Olga Korostilenko (left) and Marina Tiheeva fleeing the shelling in Shakhtersk on Thursday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Sergey, 42, waits for fuel in a queue at a petrol station at Zhdanovka town in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Thursday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Sergey, 42, waits for fuel in a queue at a petrol station at Zhdanovka town in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Thursday. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Donetsk: The Australian and Dutch air crash investigators made a dramatic switch in their plans early Friday – instead of dispatching 60 of their number to the MH17 crash site, they packed their bags and left town.

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