Section: US & Canada
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:...
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...
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...
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...
Italy, Poland vie for top EU foreign policy job
BRUSSELS (AP) — As the European Union struggles to respond to what it perceives as Russia’s aggressive meddling in Ukraine, Italy and Poland are staking their claims to provide the bloc’s new … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Pro-Russian rebels kill 10 Ukrainian soldiers near Malaysia Air 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 remains of as many as 80 victims and jet debris. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine: Investigators start jet crash site search
Australian experts examine the area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. The head of the Dutch-led in… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukrainian troops suffer heavy losses in ambush on column near Malaysia Airlines wreckage
A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist rebels in a town close to the wreckage site …read more Source: The Globe and...
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine discovering pros and cons of social media in war
Separatists in eastern Ukraine have been using social media for propaganda purposes since the conflict broke out in early 2014. But with the recent downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in the area, the rebels are discovering that social media can have its downside, too. …read more Source:...
