Confirmation that latest attempt to reach MH17 crash site abandoned:
The battle for control of which TV (Russian or Ukrainian) people watch in eastern Ukraine continues:
Kyiv says more shelling from Russian side of the border:
The fighting seems to have intensified around the MH17 crash site, as our news desk reports:
Fighting between Ukrainian military forces and separatist militants has intensified in the area where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went down on July 17.
The Ukrainian government reported on July 28 that its forces had captured the city of Debaltsevo and the hill of Saur-Mohyla, in the Donetsk region.
Government troops have also reportedly "entered" the towns of Shakhtarsk and Torez. National Guard units are also reportedly on the outskirts of the city of Horlivka.
The fighting comes as a team of Dutch and Australian police officers were attempting once again to make their way to the MH17 crash site. The Dutch government issued a statement saying the team had turned back amid "explosions."
The team failed to reach the area on July 27.
Government forces are also on the offensive in the Luhansk region, with fighting reported near the city of Pervomaysk. (Interfax, AP, and AFP)
The latest attempt by investigators to reach the Malaysian crash site seems to have fallen through again:
The map for July 28 of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
