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Kremlin-backed rebels hand over MH17 black boxes to Malaysia

July 22, 2014July 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

It took nearly five days and hours of negotiations late into the night, but Russia-backed rebels ceded some ground and

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Europe 

UN resolution calls for unrestricted access to Ukraine crash site

July 21, 2014July 23, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the downing of the Malaysian passenger jet that killed

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Europe 

Civilians killed as Ukrainian forces tighten noose on rebels in Donetsk

July 21, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

DONETSK, Ukraine – Heavy fighting broke out in this regional capital on July 21, with Ukrainian government forces and Kremlin-backed

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Europe 

Malaysian plane victims to be moved to Netherlands

July 21, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian officials say the search for bodies has ended at the site where a Malaysia Airlines plane came down, and

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Europe 

Ukraine offers Netherlands to lead airliner investigation

July 21, 2014July 21, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine has offered to give the lead in the investigation into the downing of the Malaysian airliner last week to

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Questions linger, as the train with Boeing crash victims’ bodies is set to depart

July 20, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

After more than two days exposed to the elements in the fields where they met their death, the corpses of

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Europe World 

Russian-backed separatists in possession of flight recorders, seek to hide evidence

July 20, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Militant groups of self-proclaimed Donbas People’s Republic might already be in possession of at least two Malaysia Airlines Boeing’s flight

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Europe 

Anger and sadness in Kyiv, as rhetoric rises

July 20, 2014July 22, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian officials have further inflamed the rhetoric over the downing of the Malaysian airliner, claiming that a Russian crew was

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Europe World 

Russia-backed separatists hamper international investigation of flight MH17 crash site

July 20, 2014July 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

More than two days after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was purportedly shot down by a surface-to-air rocket in war-torn eastern

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