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July 21, 2014

Ukraine Launches Assault on Donetsk; U.N. to Vote on Access to Crash Site 
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Ukraine has launched an assault on the rebel-held city of Donetsk, about
50 miles from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. All 298
people on board died when the plane was shot down last Thursday. Earlier
today, Dutch investigators began inspecting the bodies, which were being
stored at a railway station in refrigerated cars. The U.N. Security
Council is expected to vote today on a resolution demanding
international access to the crash site in Donetsk, which is controlled
by pro-Russian separatists. Alexander Borodai, head of the recently
proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, has denied interfering with the
crash probe and vowed to turn over the plane's black box to
investigators. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has threatened further
sanctions against Russia, citing mounting evidence that rebels fired the
missile which brought down the plane.

John Kerry: "We know the trajectory. We know where it came from. We know
the timing. And it was exactly at the time that this aircraft
disappeared from the radar. We also know from voice identification that
the separatists were bragging about shooting it down afterwards. So
there's a stacking up of evidence here which Russia needs to help
account for."

 

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