Section: US & Canada
70 investigators reach Ukraine plane crash site
With the sound of artillery blasts at a distance, 70 international investigators arrived Friday at the eastern Ukraine site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed and started recovering the remains of as many as 80 victims that have been lying in farm fields for two weeks. …read more Source: CTV...
Large Team Of Dutch, Australian Experts Gets To Work At MH17 Crash Site
A large team of international experts has gotten to work recovering bodies at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Vox Pop: Muscovites On New Western Sanctions
RFE/RL’s Tom Balmforth asked residents of Moscow if they were concerned about the new round of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine. Most of the respondents said they thought the sanctions would have little effect on the Russian economy. They also expressed regret at...
Investigation Team Reaches MH17 Crash Site in Eastern Ukraine
HRABOVE, Ukraine—A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist rebels in a...
Investigators set up base at Ukraine jet crash site
With the sound of artillery fire in the distance, dozens of international investigators arrived Friday at the zone where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine and began preparations to comb the rural area for victims’ remains and jet debris. …read more Source:...
15 days later, Flight 17 investigation gets rolling
With fight between pro-Russian rebels accused of downing jet and Ukrainian forces raging nearby, work finally begins in earnest …read more Source:...
Despite Heavy Fighting, Experts Finally Reach Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Crash Site
KIEV (Reuters) – International experts started recovery work at the wreckage site of a downed Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine on Friday despite clashes nearby between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. The group was the largest to reach the site since flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held territory on July 17, killing all 298...
Ukraine: Investigators start jet crash site search
HRABOVE, Ukraine — With the sound of artillery blasts at a distance, 70 international investigators arrived Friday at the eastern Ukraine site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed and started recovering the remains of as many as 80 victims that have been lying in farm fields for two weeks. …read more Source: Boston...
Is Putin Looking for a Way Out of Ukraine?
Sometimes it’s a good idea to pay attention to what Andrei Kolesnikov writes. The Kommersant columnist is one of the Kremlin’s anointed court scribes and is often described as President Vladimir Putin’s favorite journalist. Ben Judah, author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell Out Of Love With Vladimir Putin, recently wrote that...
Ukraine: investigators set up near crash site ahead of grid search for victims
Dozens of international investigators arrived Friday at the zone where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed and began preparations to comb the rural area for remains. …read more Source: Toronto...
