WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately take steps to assure that independent investigators have free and unimpeded access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down last week in eastern Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile.
In a statement delivered Monday morning on the White House lawn, Obama said the shooting down of Flight 17, which killed 298 passengers and crew, has essentially broadened the Ukrainian conflict, threatening the international community.
“If Russia continues to violate Ukraine sovereignty and to back these separatists and these separatists become more and more …read more
Source: canada.com
