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A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board was hit by a missile and crashed over eastern Ukraine last night.
Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, said on his Facebook page the plane was flying at an altitude of 10,000 metres.
He said it was hit by a missile fired from a Buk launcher, adding that there were no survivors.

The Donetsk regional government said the plane crashed near a village called Grabovo, which is currently under the control of armed pro-Russian separatists.
The region where the flight was lost has seen severe fighting in recent days between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels.
The plane was due to travel from Amsterdam on an overnight flight to Kuala Lumpur and was expected in the Malaysian capital at about 6am today.
Dozens of bodies were scattered around the smouldering wreckage, according to a Reuters reporter.
An emergency services rescue worker said at least 100 bodies had so far been found at the scene and that debris from the wreckage was scattered across an area up to about 15km across.
Separatist leader Aleksander Borodai blamed the downing of the airliner on the country's government forces.
"Apparently, it's a passenger airliner indeed, truly shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force," Borodai told Russia's state-run Rossiya 24 broadcaster.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country's armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets.
"We do not exclude that this plane was shot down, and we stress that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take action against any airborne targets," he said.
"We are sure that those who are guilty in this tragedy will be held responsible."
A launcher similar to the Buk missile system was seen by witnesses near the eastern Ukrainian town of Snizhne, which is held by pro-Russia rebels, earlier yesterday.
On Wednesday evening, a Ukrainian fighter jet was shot down by an air-to-air missile from a Russian plane, Ukrainian authorities said yesterday.
It is the second tragedy to strike a Malaysia Airlines plane in less than six months. Flight MH370 disappeared in March while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
It has not been found, but the search has been concentrated in the Indian Ocean far west of Australia.
Malaysian officials said they were shocked by last night's tragedy and urged citizens to "keep calm".
Prime Minister Najib Razak said: "We are launching an immediate investigation."
Hishammuddin Hussein, the politician who became the public face over the unsolved disappearance of Flight 370, said the prime minister and the foreign, transport and defence ministries would be working to piece together the sequence of events.


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A Ukrainian rescue worker passes wreckage of the Boeing 777, Malaysia Arilines flight MH17. Photo: EPA

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An OSCE helicopter on its way to the crash site. Photo: Twitter

Armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines crash in the settlement of Grabovo. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AFP

Emergencies Ministry members work at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Firefighters douse flames as bodies lay strewn at the scene of the crash. Photo: Reuters

The crash scene in eastern Ukraine. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of his government observe a moment of silence mourning the victims killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane crash on Thursday. Photo: AP

Bystanders look at board displaying flight information and "Pray for MH17" message at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. Photo: Reuters

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Wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane seen near the village near Grabovo in Ukraine yesterday.Photos: Reuters, AFP

A worker puts out smouldering flames at the site of the plane crash in Grabovo yesterday. 

A Malaysia Airlines counter remains closed in Schiphol airport near Amsterdam after the airline's Boeing 777 carrying 295 people crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.

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Plane flying at 10,000 metres hit by missile and crashes over strife-torn Donetsk region, with no survivors reported among the 295 on board


A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board was hit by a missile and crashed over eastern Ukraine last night.
