Jul 21 U.S. stacks up evidence against Russia-backed separatists in plane catastrophe By Matthew Lee, Associated Press "A buildup of extraordinary circumstantial evidence ... it's powerful here," said Secretary of State John Kerry, a former prosecutor, and it holds Russian-supported rebels in eastern Ukraine responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, with the Kremlin complicit in… Continue reading
Jul 21 Obama pushes Putin to rein in separatists at Malaysia Airlines crash site By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. officials have been seeking to build a case that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Officials also say it is unlikely the separatists could have fired a missile without assistance from Russia. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch Did Russia destroy key evidence from the MH17 crash site in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Israel’s incursion, challenging Russia By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss potential consequences of the attack on a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine and the ground invasion by Israel into Gaza. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch MH17 crash in war zone poses security challenges, but may be aided by more ‘eyes’ By PBS News Hour Leaders from around the world have called for an investigation into who shot down the Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine. But how can that be done in the middle of a violent, political conflict? Hari Sreenivasan gets more insight… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Understanding the risks of flying in unfriendly skies By PBS News Hour For a closer look at the challenges on the ground at the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane in Eastern Ukraine, Judy Woodruff talks to Matt Frei of Independent Television News from Donetsk. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins in… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch U.S. joins worldwide demands for immediate investigation of plane crash in rebel-held region By PBS News Hour A Malaysia Airlines jet had been flying from the Netherlands to Malaysia when it was hit by a missile and exploded over Eastern Ukraine. European monitors say they have been blocked from the crash site, and some reports claimed pro-Russian… Continue watching
Jul 18 U.S. builds case linking pro-Russian separatists to downing of MH17 By Julie Pace, Associated Press Obama said the U.S. believes the Malaysia Airlines plane was felled by a surface-to-air missile launched from an area near the Ukraine-Russia border that is controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists. Even as he cautioned that the exact circumstances were still being… Continue reading
Jul 18 Malaysia Airlines tragedy proves we need international investigative body By Alan Diehl While the facts are still emerging from the loss of MH17, it now appears highly unlikely that the missile crew intended to shoot down an airliner from a nonaligned country peacefully traversing Ukraine airspace. It is also clear from the… Continue reading