More of the "on again, off again" nature of the international effort to get to and secure the Malaysian airliner crash site.
From Telegraph.co.uk:
"Putin facing multi-million pound legal action over alleged role in MH17 crash"
British lawyers are preparing a class action against the Russian president through the American courts. Senior Russian military commanders and politicians close to Mr Putin are also likely to become embroiled in the legal claim.
The case would further damage relations between Mr Putin and the West, but politicians would be powerless to prevent it.
Last week, lawyers from McCue & Partners, the London law firm, flew to Ukraine for discussions about how to bring the case and where it should be filed. Victims’ families will be invited to join the action. The case will inevitably highlight the role allegedly played by Russia in stoking conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaking today at a news conference in Canberra about the deployment Australian police to the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine:
"Today I announce that the Australian Federal Police will be deployed to the site as part of an unarmed Dutch-led international humanitarian mission. Today there should be 49 on site, of whom 11 will be Australian, and I expect that there will be considerably more on site in coming days."
"Our objective is principally to recover the bodies. That is what the Australian people expect of us, that is what grieving families around the world deserve. Our intention, under the auspices of local people, is to take over the site to ensure the recovery of remains can go ahead as swiftly and as effectively as possible."
"Our objective is to get in, get cracking and get out -- that's our objective. This is a risky mission, no doubt about that. But all the professional advice I have is that the safest way to conduct it is unarmed, as part of a police-led humanitarian mission."