Section: Boston Herald (USA)
The Latest: Missile killed 3, rest died as plane crashed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The latest news on the report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine last year. All times local.___2:55 p.m.The Dutch Safety Board report said the Buk’s impact was instantly fatal only to the three crewmembers in the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.The rest of the crew and the...
The Latest: Report: missile launched from rebel-held area
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The latest news on the report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine last year. All times local.___2:45 p.m.The Dutch Safety Board identified an area of 320 square kilometers from which, it said, the missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched.Though it declined to comment...
Dutch Safety Board: Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was destroyed by a Buk surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday as it presented the results of an official probe into the crash.The missile’s Russian maker, however, presented its own report hours earlier, trying to clear Russia-backed separatists...
The Latest: Missile exploded by cockpit, broke off front
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The latest news on the report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine last year. All times local.___1:45 p.m.The official Dutch Safety Board report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 says a missile exploded less than one meter (3.3 feet) outside the cockpit, killing three crewmembers...
Things to know about the report into cause of MH17 disaster
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch Safety Board is publishing its final report Tuesday into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board.A preliminary report issued last year said the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur likely was hit by multiple...
Smaller-weapons pullback begins in Ukraine
SCHASTYE, Ukraine — Separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces have begun pulling back smaller-caliber weapons from the front line, a step toward de-escalating a war that has killed more than 8,000 people.Under an agreement reached week, tanks, artillery pieces and mortars with a caliber of less than 120 millimeters are to be pulled back at least 15...
Russian media talk up Putin's speech
MOSCOW — In an hours-long marathon of commentary, Russia’s two main TV stations on Monday talked up President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly as tough and uncompromising.Putin is in the United States for the first time since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and threw its support...
Russian media abuzz with anticipation of Putin's UN speech
MOSCOW — Russian media are abuzz with anticipation of President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the UN.Putin is in the United States for the first time since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and threw its support behind separatist rebels in Ukraine. What is more, Russia’s recent military buildup in Syria has...
Putin orders Russian military drills amid Ukraine tensions
MOSCOW — Russian military units have been scrambled from their bases as part of snap drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of Russian war games amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.The Defense Ministry said the maneuvers that began Monday will last for five days and involve forces of the Central Military District,...
Ukraine's parliament shows cracks over devolving powers
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east.The announcement from the Radical Party, which came in fifth in last year’s election, came as two more National Guard...
