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      [Ticker] Steinmeier wants EU to ‘increase pressure’ on Russia
      Jul21

      [Ticker] Steinmeier wants EU to ‘increase pressure’ on Russia

      German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday said Russia so far has not used its influence on Ukrainian separatists to treat with dignity the bodies found in the wreckage of the Malaysia airplane and to grant access to international investigators. “We will have to increase the pressure,” Steinmeier said. …read more...

      Obama: ‘Burden is on Russia’ to ensure full access to MH17 site  live updates
      Jul21

      Obama: ‘Burden is on Russia’ to ensure full access to MH17 site  live updates

      President says Russia must use its influence Four killed as clashes resume in Donetsk Dutch prosecutors open war crimes investigation Rebels allow experts limited acces to site and bodiesRead the Guardian’s earlier live coverage here 12.27pm ETClashes have intensified on the outskirts of Donetsk, killing at least five and forcing civilians...

      [Ticker] EU ambassadors in emergency meeting on Ukraine
      Jul21

      [Ticker] EU ambassadors in emergency meeting on Ukraine

      The ambassadors of the 28 EU countries are set to meet in Brussels Monday at 17h30 in a special session to prepare possible further sanctions on Russia, to be decided by foreign ministers on Tuesday. The meeting has been called in the wake of the Malaysia airplane crash in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Russia dismisses accusations Ukrainian separatists shot down Flight MH17
      Jul21

      Russia dismisses accusations Ukrainian separatists shot down Flight MH17

      Russia’s Defence Ministry dismissed accusations on Monday that pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine’s east were at fault for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jet last week, alleging instead that Ukrainian warplanes had been flying close to the plane. …read more Source: France...

      More accusations, still no investigation launched
      Jul21

      More accusations, still no investigation launched

      The Russian military has said that a Ukrainian SU-25 warplane was flying in the vicinity of a Malaysia Airlines aircraft shortly before it crashed in Ukraine.The Russian Defense Ministry claims that “Kiev must explain why a military plane was following a passenger flight.” …read more Source:...

      MH17: ‘bastards’ behind Malaysia plane crash will pay says Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk
      Jul21

      MH17: ‘bastards’ behind Malaysia plane crash will pay says Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk addresses the investigation into the downing of flight MH17 and international efforts to hold Russia responsible for its alleged role in the attack …read more Source: The...

      MH17 victim’s online charity appeal receives flood of donations
      Jul21

      MH17 victim’s online charity appeal receives flood of donations

      Thousands of pounds raised on JustGiving account in aid of Nepalese children since Briton died in Malaysia Airlines disasterAn online charity appeal set up by a British university student killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has attracted thousands of pounds of donations in his memory.Richard Mayne, 20, set up the JustGiving page six months...

      Call for airline summit after downing of MH17
      Jul21

      Call for airline summit after downing of MH17

      Lufthansa has joined rival Emirates in calling for an airline summit to discuss the industry’s response to the downing of an airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...

      [Ticker] German politicians criticise France’s warship deal with Russia
      Jul21

      [Ticker] German politicians criticise France’s warship deal with Russia

      Roderich Kiesewetter, head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has criticised France’s plan to deliver a warship to Russia in October. “An export of the French Mistral to Russia would be exactly the wrong signal,” he told Handelsblatt. Karl-Georg Wellmann, head of the Bundestag’s Germany/Ukraine MP group,...

      Friedemann: Flight recorders can’t answer all questions
      Jul21

      Friedemann: Flight recorders can’t answer all questions

      German experts will be involved in the process of clearing up the details of the Ukraine plane crash. Jens Friedemann from the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation lays out the various challenges. …read more Source: Deutsche...