Section: Malaysia
Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine, agree on future contacts in Normandy format – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Ukraine crisis during a phone call on Thursday and agreed on the schedule of future contacts in the Normandy format, the Kremlin said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine reform push would pave way to support from new U.S. president – Pritzker
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine should ramp up economic and anti-corruption reforms to pave the way for continued support from whoever wins the U.S. presidential election, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said on a visit to Kiev on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link
Dutch Police Head of Central Crime Investigation Department Wilbert Paulissen, presents the preliminary results of the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in Nieuwegein, on September 28, 2016 -AFP photo WASHINGTON: The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the...
MH17: Ukraine says crash probe points to Russia’s “direct involvement”
KIEV: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday hailed the findings by international prosecutors into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, saying it pointed to Russia’s “direct involvement” in the air crash that killed 298 people. The airliner was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by...
US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link
WASHINGTON: The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington’s suspicions of Russian involvement. The United States was quick to blame Russian-backed separatists after the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down in July 2014 with the...
U.S. weighs tougher response to Russia over Syria crisis – officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Obama administration officials have begun considering tougher responses to the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on Aleppo, including military options, as rising tensions with Moscow diminish hopes for diplomatic solutions from the Middle East to Ukraine and cyberspace, U.S. officials said on Wednesday....
US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link
WASHINGTON: The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington’s suspicions of Russian involvement. The United States was quick to blame Russian-backed separatists after the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down in July 2014 with the...
BUK: Russia’s feared anti-aircraft missile system
MOSCOW: The BUK missile system blamed for shooting down flight MH17 over east Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, is an anti-aircraft weapon whose origins date back to the Soviet era. The system is designed to be a mobile surface-to-air system able to engage multiple targets at a variety of ranges. BUK — which means “Beech” in Russian —...
Points from the MH17 investigation
NIEUWEGEIN: An international criminal inquiry into the 2014 downing of Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine revealed Wednesday that a BUK missile which brought down the plane was transported from Russia. Here are the main findings of the inquiry carried out by the Joint Investigation team (JIT), led by Dutch prosecutors with teams from Australia,...
Dutch name two Russian speakers in MH17 probe
Aviation experts recreated the wrecked cockipt of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as part of the Dutch investigation into the downing of the Boeing 777 over Ukraine in 2014 -AFP photo THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors, for the first time in their long inquiry, on Wednesday released the names of two Russian-speaking men in connection with the MH17...
