MH17: Atop the fires of war is repatriation of the 38 dead Australians

By Paul McGeough
Updated July 30 2014 - 7:08pm, first published July 29 2014 - 7:56pm
Fleeing residents of Shakhtersk run towards buses provided by pro-Russian rebels after heavy shelling. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Fleeing residents of Shakhtersk run towards buses provided by pro-Russian rebels after heavy shelling. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Dimitriy Gorozhaninov mourns for four members of his family, who died in a Ukrainian artillery barrage in Petrovskiy.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Dimitriy Gorozhaninov mourns for four members of his family, who died in a Ukrainian artillery barrage in Petrovskiy. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Residents flee fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Residents flee fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Shakhtersk, Ukraine: They are stoking the fires of war on the steppes of the old Soviet Union, and atop the blaze is Tony Abbott's promise to repatriate the remains of the 38 Australians who perished in the crash of flight MH17.

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