MH17: Australia to send 'non-threatening' force to crash site


Investigators work at a the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), some 80km east of Donetsk, on July 25, 2014. - AFP

SYDNEY: A “number” of armed Australian personnel will enter the MH17 crash site next week.

However, Canberra stressed on Sunday that they would be a "non-threatening force" not accompanied by military troops.

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