Flight MH17 hit by numerous ‘high energy objects’

A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was hit by numerous “high-energy objects”, according to a report Tuesday which appears to back up claims it was hit by a missile.























 Poroshenko vowed in a phone call Monday to work to uphold the so-called “protocol” signed in Minsk, the first ceasefire backed by both Kiev and Moscow since the insurgency erupted in April.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced hope Tuesday that talks on the status of rebel held areas in industrial eastern Ukraine would start shortly.

But he added: “We are not interested in anyone or anything trying to scuttle the implementation of the Minsk agreements.”

Poroshenko said there had been 10-12 truce violations a day and called on the OSCE, the pan-European security body that brokered the deal, to send observers to the “dangerous” spots where violence had flared.

Officials also announced Monday that around 650 Ukrainians held by rebels had been released, one of the conditions of the 12-point Minsk accord.