Australian warned against sending armed ADF to MH17 crash site

By Julieanne Strachan
Updated July 27 2014 - 3:13am, first published July 26 2014 - 3:47pm
Inspectors from the Dutch government examine items at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site. Photo: Brendan Hoffman
Inspectors from the Dutch government examine items at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site. Photo: Brendan Hoffman

Australian Defence Force personnel will be walking into a volatile situation at the MH17 crash site in Ukraine which they are not prepared for, a senior Defence figure in Australia has warned.