Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
World briefs: Human remains at crash site
DONETSK, Ukraine — International experts examining the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on Saturday in eastern Ukraine found the remains of victims overlooked by local emergency personnel who first searched the debris two weeks ago, according to a spokeswoman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe …read...
Experts recover DNA from Ukraine crash site
KIEV, Ukraine — A small advance team of forensic experts on Thursday finally reached the site where a Malaysia Airlines flight went down in eastern Ukraine two weeks ago, after four days of false starts cut short by heavy fighting in the area. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Stiff curbs on Russia stop short of impacting Europeans
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and European leaders on Tuesday slapped their toughest sanctions yet on Russia’s energy, arms and finance sectors to protest Russian involvement in Ukraine. But the measures stopped short of steps that might inflict damage on Western economies. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Global force seeking to reach crash site is repulsed by fighting
SHAKHTYORSK, Ukraine — Fierce fighting on Monday gripped a dozen towns in eastern Ukraine, blocking an international police force from reaching the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which is now near, or even in the middle of, a battlefield. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Fighting complicates Ukraine crash probe, U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation Sunday as Europe and the United States prepared economic sanctions on Russia over the conflict. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
U.S. weighs sharing Ukraine data
The Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies are developing plans that would enable the Obama administration to provide specific locations of surface-to-air missiles controlled by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine so the Ukrainian government could target them for destruction, U.S. officials said. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
As Ukraine Forces Make Headway, Russia Is Said to Step Up Role
KIEV, Ukraine — Russia has stepped up its direct involvement in fighting between the Ukrainian military and separatist insurgents, unleashing artillery attacks from Russian territory and massing heavy weapons along the border, Ukrainian and U.S. officials say. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine political gridlock on view as government falls
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government collapsed and the popular prime minister resigned Thursday, highlighting the political gridlock gripping the country struggling with a pro-Russia insurgency, a hostile neighbor and one of the weakest economies in Europe. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Dutch solemnly view return of jet victims
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine finally returned Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to 40 identical hearses, flags at half-staff flapping in the wind. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Two Ukraine fighter jets shot down
KIEV, Ukraine — Fighting intensified in the rebel-controlled region of Ukraine today, with military officials reporting that two Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jets had been shot down near the village of Dmytrivka. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
