MH17: Expectations of success changing as shelling again frustrates investigators

By Paul McGeough, Petropavlovska, Ukraine
Updated August 6 2014 - 10:13am, first published 9:15am
Australian Federal Police and their Dutch counterparts walk across a field searching for remains and personal belongings. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Australian Federal Police and their Dutch counterparts walk across a field searching for remains and personal belongings. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Dutch and Malaysian police take shelter from the sun as they await news on the outskirts of Rassypnoye near the crash site. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Dutch and Malaysian police take shelter from the sun as they await news on the outskirts of Rassypnoye near the crash site. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Malaysian police pose for a photo with a pro-Russian separatist after finishing searching for the day. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Malaysian police pose for a photo with a pro-Russian separatist after finishing searching for the day. Photo: Kate Geraghty

A bugger of a day on the MH17 crash site on Monday – Australian and Dutch investigators were on the road before 8am, but the menace of war kept them away from the site for most of the day, and when they finally got to don their rubber gloves and High-Viz vests, it was for just 30 minutes at the scene.

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