KIEV: Dutch and Australian authorities put their troops on standby for deployment to secure the rebel-held crash site of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 in east Ukraine, where fighting between the army and separatists Friday claimed over a dozen more lives.
The move came as politicians in Kiev were scrambling to avert a political crisis after the shock resignation of prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who quit in fury over the collapse of his ruling coalition on Thursday.
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