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25 Jul, 2015

Security council MH17 vote set

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The UN Security Council is set to vote on whether to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of bringing down Malaysia Airlines MH17. Russian ambassador:

Malaysia did include some language from our draft in their draft text but it did not go to the core of our concern, they kept insisting on the need to establish right now an international criminal court. This is not a proper thing for the Security Council to do because it’s not a case of a threat to international peace and security.

16 Jul, 2015

Dutch investigators: Missile fired by separatists

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Dutch authorities leading the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are convinced combatants based in the pro-Moscow separatist enclave of Donetsk were operating the missile system that killed 298 people last year. Chief Public Prosecutor:

The most likely scenario is that a BUK missile fired from [separatist-held] eastern Ukraine downed MH17.

30 Apr, 2015

Remains search ends

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Investigations for recovering human remains and wreckage from MH17 crash site ends. Mission head:

We have done everything humanly possible…Many more body parts were recovered over the past two weeks in the search near Petropavlivka, about 10 kilometers (six miles) west of Grabove where most of the debris fell….Many personal belongings like watches, passports… and other documents that is of great value to the victims’ families were also recovered.

25 Jul, 2014

Putin ‘responsible for MH17 crash’

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Clinton says that Vladimir Putin bears responsibility for the crash of Malaysian Airline flight MH17.

I think if there were any doubt it should be gone by now, that Vladimir Putin, certainly indirectly — through his support of the insurgents in eastern Ukraine and the supply of advanced weapons and, frankly, the presence of Russian Special Forces and intelligence agents — bears responsibility for what happened.