Section: International Business Times (USA)
MH17 Photos Show Crash Site Unguarded As European Monitors Arrive
European monitors arrived Friday at the site of the MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine as new photos emerged of wreckage that appeared to be left unguarded by both monitors, and pro-Russia separatists who have been reported to have barred access to parts of the crash site. …read more Source: International Business...
European Sanctions Cannot Dislodge Russia From Ukraine
Ever since last Thursday’s crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 galvanized international anger toward Russia, divisions among European countries have appeared to hinder the continent’s ability to react to the crisis. …read more Source: International Business...
Pentagon: Russia Fired Artillery Across Border To East Ukraine
Russian military fired artillery rounds across the border into tumultuous east Ukraine on Thursday, a Pentagon spokesman said. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters that the U.S. has “evidence that Russia is firing artillery from within Russian to attack Ukrainian military positions.” …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns, Citing Government Turmoil
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offered his resignation to Parliament on Thursday, citing the legislative body’s inability to pass laws, the Associated Press reported. The nationalist Svoboda party and the Udar party said it would form a coalition parliamentary government. Oleksandr Turchynov, the speaker of Parliament, said it...
Anton Skiba, CNN Fixer Abducted By Pro-Russian Separatists After Reporting On MH17
A freelance journalist working for CNN was reportedly abducted by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Tuesday and has been out of contact since. Anton Skiba, a native Ukrainian journalist was working with a CNN team as a “fixer,” or a local with knowledge of the region who works as a journalist,...
MH17: Fifty Australian Police To Help UN Team Secure Crash Site; More Bodies To Reach Netherlands
The Australian government has sent 50 police officials to London, where they will join a U.N. team to travel to eastern Ukraine to help secure the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, keeping in mind the vulnerability of the area, even as an operation to airlift bodies to the Netherlands continued for a second day. …read more...
MH17 Families Shouldn’t ‘Lust For Revenge,’ Father Of Lockerbie Bombing Victim Says
The English father of a woman killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, 26 years ago reached out to the victims’ families of MH17, assuring them that their loved ones didn’t suffer when the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine last week. …read more Source: International Business...
MH17 Families Shouldn’t ‘Lust For Revenge,’ Father Of Lockerbie Bombine Victim Says
The English father of a woman killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, 26 years ago reached out to the victims’ families of MH17, assuring them that their loved ones didn’t suffer when the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine last week. …read more Source: International Business...
China Can Offer Little Help To Russia In Current Crisis
In the six days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down by a missile over eastern Ukraine, amid intensifying suspicions of Russian involvement, the European Union has struggled to reconcile its desire to sanction Russia with its reliance on the country’s energy resources. But for Russia, dealing with U.S. and EU sanctions since...
Buk Missile That Shot Down Flight MH17 Hidden In Russia After Plane Crash, Rebel Commander Admits
One of the most powerful Ukrainian rebel leaders has confirmed for the first time that pro-Russian separatists were in possession of the missile system that US intelligence analysts claim is responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 last Thursday. …read more Source: International Business...
