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    Buses From Ukraine And Poland Crash In Germany, Killing Nine
    Jul19

    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
    Jul19

    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?
    Jul19

    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
    Jul19

    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
    Jul18

    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
    Jul18

    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
    Jul18

    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
    Jul18

    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...

    Australian PM Says ‘Russian-Backed Rebels’ Downed Malaysian Plane In Ukraine
    Jul18

    Australian PM Says ‘Russian-Backed Rebels’ Downed Malaysian Plane In Ukraine

    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said “Russian-backed rebels” were behind the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jetliner over eastern Ukraine. In a speech before parliament on July 18 in Camberra, Abbott said it appeared that the anti-Kyiv separatists had shot down the plane, killing 298 people on board including 27...

    Second Black Box Found At Crash Site In Eastern Ukraine
    Jul18

    Second Black Box Found At Crash Site In Eastern Ukraine

    Emergency workers at the scene of a Malaysian jetliner crash in eastern Ukraine have found the plane’s second black box — a device carrying data that can help determine what happened during the flight’s final moments. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...