Section: International Business Times (USA)
Who Is Igor Strelkov? Russians Love Re-enactor Turned Rebel Commander Who Delivered Bizarre, Racist Press Conference
Igor Strelkov, the retired Russian military officer turned separatist leader who is widely believed to be responsible for the missile attack that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, delivered a bizarre, impromptu press conference Monday in which he denied firing on the commercial jet but bragged of murdering Africans living in the occupied...
US: Photos Show Russian Artillery Firing Across Border Into Ukraine
Washington Sunday released images it said prove Russia is shooting across the border into Ukraine to help separatists. The surveillance photos were rejected by Russian officials, who accused the United States of getting its intelligence from social media. …read more Source: International Business...
MH17 Crash: Flight Data Recorder Shows Plane Suffered ‘Massive Explosive Decompression’ From Missile
Data from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17’s flight data recorders show that the plane sustained a “massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel,” Ukraine security spokesman Andrei Lysenko told Associated Press, or AP. …read more Source: International Business...
Rocket Firing In Donetsk Kills 13 While MH17 Investigators Make Another Attempt To Reach Crash Site
At least 13 people, including two children, were killed Sunday after rockets were fired in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, even as an international team of investigators made another attempt to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. …read more Source: International Business...
Malaysia Airlines Calls On Companies, IATA, For Better Flight Warnings Above Conflict Areas
Malaysia Airlines has called on the international community to create a method to help carriers know which areas are unsafe to fly over. The call comes a little more than a week after MH17 was shot down, likely by Russian separatists, over Ukraine, killing all the passengers and crew members on board. …read more Source: International...
MH17 Crash: 74 More Bodies Of Ukraine Plane Crash Victims Return, Netherland Mourns
A third solemn ceremony was held Friday as the remains of more victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 were returned to the Netherlands. The arrival of an additional 74 coffins marked the third day in a row that bodies from the crash site in Ukraine arrived back in the country from which the doomed flight departed last Thursday. …read more...
Russia Rehearses For Naval Day In Sevastapol, Crimea This Year Without Ukraine [PHOTOS]
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Ukraine Crisis: Russia Reportedly Amassing 15K Troops On Border, Supplying Rebels With Tanks, Armored Vehicles
More than 15,000 Russian troops have amassed along the border with Ukraine as the Pentagon said Friday it appears Moscow is about to transfer “heavy caliber multiple rocket systems” to pro-Russia separatists. Reuters cited the U.S. ambassador to NATO in a tweet reporting that 15,000 Russian troops are on the Ukrainian border. The news...
Igor Strelkov: Separatist Suspected In MH17 Crash May Have Ties To Massacre of 3,000 Bosnian Muslims
A retired Russian military officer turned separatist leader in eastern Ukraine who is suspected in the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 was allegedly involved in the 1992 Serbian ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad. A photo showing young Igor Girkin, known by his pseudonym Igor Strelkov, in Visegrad with another...
After MH17 Crash, Victims’ Credit Cards Were Used in Ukraine
Credit cards have been stolen from victims’ bodies at the site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster and may have been used in Ukraine since the crash, it has been reported. The news has led to fears of financial and identify fraud for victims’ relatives. Cameron Dalziel, a 43-year-old helicopter rescue pilot who is understood...
