Prime Minister Tony Abbott Saturday said Russia could not "wash its hands of responsibility" for the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine as flags flew at half-mast to honour the Australians killed. Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks in Sydney on flight MH17 July 19, 2014. The airliner carrying 298 people, including 28 Australians, came down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Thursday, with US officials saying it appeared to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott Saturday said Russia could not \"wash its hands of responsibility\" for the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine as flags flew at half-mast to honour the Australians killed.
