Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Buses From Ukraine And Poland Crash In Germany, Killing Nine
In Germany, at least nine people were killed on July 19 when several buses crashed into each other on a highway near the city of Dresden. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Interview: RT Is About ‘Pointing Fingers’ Says Ex-Correspondent Who Resigned
Sara Firth, a London-based correspondent with RT (previously known as Russia Today), has resigned in protest at the channel’s coverage of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Firth told RFE/RL’s Golnaz Esfandiari that the Russian state run news channel is all about “pointing fingers” and...
Interview: What Will MH17 Investigators Be Looking For At Crash Site?
A team of international investigators has traveled to rebel-held eastern Ukraine to collect evidence from the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17. Joseph Burnside, the editor of “Aviation Safety” magazine, spoke to RFE/RL about what investigators may expect to find once they reach the site. …read more Source: Radio Free...
Defense Minister: Ukraine Troops Control Part Of Luhansk
Ukraine’s Defense Minister has told President Petro Poroshenko that government troops had taken control of the southeastern part of the city of Luhansk in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Releases Audio Evidence That Donetsk Militants Got Antiaircraft Weapons From Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service has released more audio of purported conversations among militants in eastern Ukraine that Kyiv believes proves they received powerful Buk-M antiaircraft weapons and the crews to man them from Russia on July 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fact Box: What Early Evidence Says About MH17
International officials initially called the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 a crash. Now they’re saying the passenger jet was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Kyiv is blaming Russia and the pro-Moscow separatists. Russia is blaming the Ukrainians. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Australian PM Angry At Russia’s ‘Unsatisfactory’ Response To Plane Crash
An angry Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott demanded an independent inquiry into the crash of a Malaysian jetliner in eastern Ukraine. In a televised statement July 18 in Canberra, the Australian leader said Russia’s response to the disaster was “deeply unsatisfactory.” Abbott criticized Russia’s ambassador to...
Poroshenko Says ‘Terrorist’ Attack On Airliner Challenge To Whole World
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said the July 17 crash of a Malaysian airliner in the country’s east was the result of an “act of international terrorism.” In a televised English-language statement from Kyiv, Poroshenko said the incident was a “wake-up call” for the whole world. (Reuters) …read more...
Clinton Suspects ‘Russian Insurgents’ Of Downing Malaysian Plane
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said European nations should take the lead in an investigation of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in eastern Ukraine. Clinton said in an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose on July 17 there was “growing awareness” that “Russian insurgents” were to blame for the downing...
Australia Calls For International Inquiry Into Airliner Crash In Ukraine
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop called for a full international inquiry into the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. Speaking to journalists July 18 in Brisbane, Bishop said Australia was seeking access to the crash site and urged pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to cooperate with the investigation. She said the...
