‘Hell beyond hell: Our babies aren’t here’

The parents of three West Australian children who were killed with their grandfather in the MH17 plane disaster say they are living in "a hell beyond hell".

Mo Maslin, 12, his 10-year-old sister Evie, eight-year-old brother Otis and grandfather Nick Norris were among up to 39 Australian citizens and residents killed when Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17.

The children’s father Anthony Maslin and mother Marite (Rin) Norris yesterday issued an official statement directed at soldiers in Ukraine, politicians, the media, and friends and family.