Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Ukraine crash: Bodies leaving separatist-held area by train, Kiev says
The bodies of all 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are aboard two trains in eastern Ukraine and set to be moved to Kharkhiv, a city controlled by the country’s central government, officials in Kiev said Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Obama demands Russia force separatists to aid Malaysia Airlines probe
President Obama accused pro-Russia separatists of tampering with evidence at the site of last week’s crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet and called on Russia to use its influence to ensure a credible investigation into the downing of the plane over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Putin points finger at Ukraine in downing of Malaysia Airlines jet
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday again attempted to sidestep any blame in connection with last week’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet and demanded that international teams be ensured safe access to the crash site. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine prime minister: ‘Russia is on the dark side’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk had harsh words for Russia and President Vladimir Putin on Monday, calling the country “on the dark side,” blaming it again for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 and demanding the country close its Western border to halt separatist… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Focus shifts to trainload of bodies from plane crash site in Ukraine
The battle for control at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 entered a new chapter Sunday focused on the fate of victims’ bodies, and U.S. and British leaders pointed fingers at Russia for nurturing the separatists suspected of bringing down the airliner. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Malaysia plane crash in Ukraine: Black box likely in separatist hands
The mystery over the whereabouts of the black box of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 seemed to clear up—a little—on Sunday when video surfaced of separatist emergency workers coming upon the device in a field in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Kerry offers more evidence Russia provided missile that downed jet
Secretary of State John Kerry gave the most detailed account yet of the circumstantial evidence indicating that Russia provided the missiles that shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine, but denied that the administration has reached a conclusion about Russia’s involvement. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Separatists storing Ukraine crash site bodies in railway cars
As many as 169 bodies from the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 have been placed in body bags and stored in refrigerated railway cars in Eastern Ukraine, a spokesman for an international monitoring group said Sunday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Integrity of jet wreckage site in Ukraine compromised, Malaysia says
The sprawling site in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines jet went down in a missile attack threatened to become a humanitarian and forensic nightmare Saturday as pro-Russia separatists continued to limit the access of international teams seeking to recover bodies and investigate the… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Experts: Whoever brought down Malaysian jet had extensive training
Whoever fired the surface-to-air missile that brought down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine would have needed extensive training to execute the mission, according to military experts. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
