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Ukraine: Pro-Russia rebels downed Malaysian plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down a Malaysian jetliner with 298 people aboard Thursday, sharply escalating the crisis and threatening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. The rebels denied downing the aircraft.American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile brought...
Most passengers on doomed airliner were Dutch
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine on Thursday was carrying 295 people from at least nine countries. Here is a breakdown of the nationalities of those on board:Netherlands: 154Malaysia: 38 (including 15 crew)Australia: 27Indonesia: 11United Kingdom: 6Germany: 4Belgium: 4Philippines: 3Canada:...
Putin: Responsibility for plane crash is Ukraine's
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladmir Putin says Ukraine bears responsibility for the crash of a Malaysian airliner.A Kremlin statement early Friday said Putin opened a meeting with his economic advisers by calling for a moment of silence over the crash.Then, he said, “This tragedy would not have happened if there were peace on this...
Ukraine: Recordings show rebels shot down plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Ukraine’s security services produced what they said were two intercepted telephone conversations that they said showed rebels were responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner.In the first call, the security services said, rebel commander Igor Bezler tells a Russian military intelligence officer that rebel forces...
Pro-Russia rebels may call cease-fire after crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine — A Russian news agency has quoted a leader of eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels as saying they intend to call a three-day cease fire to allow an investigation of the crash of a Malaysian airliner.The RIA-Novosti agency on Thursday quoted rebel leader Alexander Borodai as saying discussions were underway with...
Ukraine: 295 on Malaysia plane shot down over east
GRABOVO, Ukraine — A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft.As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of...
22 bodies counted at Ukraine plane crash site
GRABOVO, Ukraine — Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of Grabovo in eastern Ukraine, an...
22 bodies counted at Ukraine wreckage site
GRABOVO, Ukraine — An Associated Press journalist has counted at least 22 bodies at the plane wreckage site in eastern Ukraine involving a Malaysia Airlines commercial flight.The plane appeared to have broken up before impact and the wreck is scattered over a wide area in the eastern Ukraine village of Grabovo.The field around the burning...
Both sides in Ukraine deny shooting down plane
KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace.As huge plumes of black smoke rose up near a village in eastern Ukraine, the fate of the passengers aboard the...
Ukraine rebels: We did not shoot down plane
KIEV, Ukraine — Separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have denied that they are responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane.Andrei Purgin, deputy prime minister for the rebels, told The Associated Press the plane must have been shot down by Ukrainian government troops. He gave no proof for his...
