Security council MH17 vote set
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.
Villagers mark MH17 anniversary
ABOUT 200 Ukrainian villagers gather on a field that was cleared of the scattered charred remains and personal belongings of 298 people killed aboard Flight MH17. Banners:
Kiev – hold your fire. You were killed. But we are still being killed.
Dutch investigators: Missile fired by separatists
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.
Remains search ends
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.
Putin ‘responsible for MH17 crash’
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.
Ukraine: Russian officer shot plane down
Vitaly Nayda, Ukraine’s director of informational security, tells CNN it was a “Russian-trained, well-equipped, well-educated officer” who “pushed that button deliberately.” He also says Ukrainian intelligence supports his assertion. He refers to audio recordings captured by Ukrainian intelligence:
We taped conversations between a Russian officer and his office in Moscow. We know for sure that several minutes before the missile was launched, there was a report to a Russian officer that the plane was coming…They knew the plane was coming with constant speed, in constant direction…and should have known it was not a fighter jet but a big civilian plane
Moscow denies these claims and is suggesting a Ukrainian jet fighter may have shot the plane down.
Sky News apologizes
Sky News reporter Colin Brazier, while on air at the crash site, picks up and shows items from a victim’s suitcase. Almost immediately he realizes that he should not be doing this and says so out loud during the report. Both Brazier and Sky News “apologize profusely for any offence caused.”
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