Fighting erupts near MH17 crash site as Ukrainian troops push into Donetsk

Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitors and journalists walk as a pro-Russian separatist stands on guard near bodies at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region July 19, 2014. International monitors said on Saturday they has been allowed to visit more of the site where the Malaysian airliner crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, though gunmen still stopped them approaching some of the wreckage. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: TRANSPORT MEDIA CIVIL UNREST DISASTER POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT - RTR3ZCCQ' height='259' alt='Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17' width='460' src='http://news.guugll.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fighting-erupts-near-mh17-crash-site-as-ukrainian-troops-push-into-donetsk.jpg' />

Ukrainian army tanks were reported to be launching an assault to break pro-Russian rebels’ hold on the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday in the first major outbreak of hostilities in the area since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last week.