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Field of death: Unraveling the mystery of MH17
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Uncovering the truth about who shot down MH17
On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people onboard. Western officials believe pro-Russian rebels brought down the passenger jet, using a missile launcher known as a Buk that was possibly supplied by Russia. Moscow, for its part, blames Ukrainian government forces for the downing of the plane....
Where MH17 went down, life now grows
HRABOVE, Ukraine — One year ago, Malaysian Airlines flight 17 crashed in a bucolic field in eastern Ukraine, the 298 passengers aboard becoming sudden casualties of a remote but brutal conflict See also: Where MH17 came down: The village that survived the horror I was covering the fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian...
‘It felt like the end of the world’ – how MH17 was brought down
CHERVONYI ZHOVTEN, Ukraine — On the afternoon of July 17, 2014, Pyotr Fedotav and his mother, were working in their garden in the tiny hamlet of Chervonyi Zhovten, a few miles south of Snizhne, in eastern Ukraine. Suddenly, they heard a powerful blast and the earth shook beneath their feet, making them both fall over. See also: Satellite images...
Where MH17 came down: The village that survived the horror
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Before July 17, 2014, few people were likely to have heard of Hrabove, a sleepy, bucolic eastern Ukrainian town of about 1,000 people. See also: Satellite images show clearly that Russia faked its MH17 report But over the past year, Hrabove has been the center of attention as international investigators try to piece together...
Drone video appears to show Russian military base in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine —Ukrainian fighters on Tuesday published a drone video that they claimed shows a Russian military base hidden near the front lines in war-torn eastern Ukraine. See also: Ukraine’s children of war The video, posted to YouTube by the Kiev-backed Dnipro-1 volunteer regiment, shows a large, fortified military encampment spread...
Conservative Russians are putting flags on profile photos to offset the rainbows
KIEV, Ukraine — In Soviet Russia, love doesn’t always win. Responding to the wave of pride rainbow-embossed profile photos that washed across social media in wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in America on Friday, some conservative and homophobic Russians are shading profile images the colors of...
Putin, do you hear me? Obama urges Russian president to pull troops from Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop fomenting the war in eastern Ukraine, and to work with all warring parties to fully enforce a ceasefire deal reached in February, which has existed in name only. “President Obama reiterated the need for Russia to fulfill its commitments...
Russia’s former Olympic city of Sochi under water after flash floods
KIEV, Ukraine — Russia’s Black Sea city of Sochi, the host of last year’s Winter Olympic Games, is being pounded by torrential rains that have caused flash floods. Local authorities are struggling to manage, as rain continues to pour down on the resort city for the second straight day, causing river levels to rise as much as 4 feet,...
Ex-Ukrainian president was ‘supporting’ his ostriches while allegedly ordering protester killings
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s disgraced former president, Viktor Yanukovych, has accepted some of the blame for the killings of scores of protesters that led to his downfall in February 2014. “I don’t deny my responsibility,” he told BBC Newsnight’s Gabriel Gatehouse in an interview that aired Monday, when asked about...
