Section: Boston Herald (USA)
More belongings found at Ukraine disaster site
AMSTERDAM — The head of a team of international investigators says more personal belongings of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in eastern Ukraine have been found, but no human remains.Speaking from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg said 88 experts Sunday searched an area of six square kilometers (2...
Ukraine's army on outskirts of rebel stronghold
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their calls for Russia to send troops to their aid.To support their operations, the pro-Russian fighters have been confiscating...
More human remains recovered at Ukraine site
AMSTERDAM — Investigators using sniffer dogs recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of an international recovery mission said.Speaking from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg said 70 Dutch and Australian investigators were able to...
UK prime minister says NATO must rethink Russia
LONDON — Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron says NATO must rethink its long-term relationship with Russia following its “illegal” actions in Ukraine.Writing to alliance leaders, Cameron says it is clear that Russia views NATO as an adversary. He says NATO must strengthen its ability to respond quickly to any threat,...
Ukraine: Body parts retrieved at jet crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Wearing gloves and carrying blue plastic buckets, international investigators finally began gathering up body parts and victims’ belongings Friday in the fields where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down.Artillery boomed in the distance as the 70-member team of Dutch and Australian experts painstakingly combed a...
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...
Large expert team reaches Ukraine crash site
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...
AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine
MOSCOW — For Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are few options left in the Ukraine crisis and they all look bad.He is caught between a determined West demanding that he disavow the pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine and increasingly assertive nationalists at home urging him to champion the mutiny and send in the Russian army....
Clashes prevent experts from reaching bodies
DONETSK, Ukraine — Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was blown out of the sky, the remains of some passengers are feared rotting in the 90-degree (32-degree Celsius) midsummer heat, deepening the frustration of relatives desperate to recover the bodies of their loved ones.Fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatist...
Sanctions will damage Russia if not lifted quickly
MOSCOW — U.S. and European sanctions against Russia’s energy and finance sectors are strong enough to cause deep, long-lasting damage within months unless Moscow persuades the West to repeal them by withdrawing support for Ukrainian insurgents.The U.S. and European Union released details Wednesday of new sanctions aimed at hurting...
