Section: US & Canada
Why Ukraine crash scene may be of little value now
Wreckage site has lost any semblance of integrity under the control of pro-Russian separatists …read more Source:...
Malaysia Flight MH17 Crash Site Photos: See Pictures of Bodies, Rescue, Wreckage (Some Graphic)
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed on Thursday, July 17, and the rescue operation is currently under way. Here are some photos of the wreckage and the rescue attempt. (An oxygen mask system lies in a field amongst wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 20, 2014 in Grabovo. Rob Stothard/Getty Images) (Debris from an Malaysia...
Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels
In an unusual front-page op-ed in the Sunday Times, Cameron says there is growing evidence that separatist rebels, backed by Russia, shot down the aircraft, killing 298 people. If this is the case then we must be clear what it means: this is a direct result of Russia destabilizing a sovereign state, violating its territorial integrity, backing...
Rebels take full control of plane crash bodies
A woman looks at a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims, in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Sunday, July 20,… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
U.S. Ties Russia to Downed Jet
New U.S. intelligence indicates Moscow likely provided pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine with sophisticated antiaircraft systems in recent days, bolstering charges that Russia was the source of the weapon that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing 298. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Releases Recordings of Rebel Leaders
Ukraine released what it said were intercepted recordings of separatist rebels at the Malaysia Airlines’ crash site talking about the need to keep flight-data recorders out of the hands of investigators. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet
The Ukrainian government said Saturday that it had proof that Russia had provided the surface-to-air missile system that shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: The Boston...
Sky News Colin Brazier MH17 Luggage Video: Journalist Goes Through a Victim’s Belongings on Air
Sky News journalist Colin Brazier went through a MH17 crash victim’s belongings on air. Brazier was at the crash site in Ukraine reporting on the recovery efforts, and he very briefly went through a victim’s luggage. The Sky presenter quickly realized that his behavior was inappropriate, and dropped a bag he was holding, saying,...
Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine Are Using Malaysia Airlines Victims’ Bodies as a Bargaining Chip
Just when the news out of eastern Ukraine couldn’t get any worse, it did. Separatists controlling the area of of the MH17 wreckage have declared that they can only ensure international investigators will have access to the crash site if Ukraine agrees to a truce: “We declare that we will guarant …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Hiding Plane Crash Evidence
International observers have verified that a train, close to the Malaysian Airlines crash site, contained bags with frozen bodies. With armed rebels at their side, OSCE monitors took photographic evidence. But they were not let inside of the carriages. An anonymous representative said he did not know where the bodies were being taken next or...
