We had this last night, but here is audio with English subtitles of the alleged discussions between separatists and between separatists and a Russian military official over the downing of the plane.
Some decent analysis here. Joshua Keating argues in Slate that rather than being an Archduke Ferdinand moment, the downing of the plane might actually change very little.
Any smoking-gun evidence tying separatist rebels to the crash or the separatists to Russia will be spun and denied. The rebels will deny they shot down the planem and the Russian government—as it has continually—will deny that it is supporting the rebels.
There will be pressure on the U.S. to respond forcefully against Russia, but new sanctions were announced just yesterday. The high number of European casualties on the plane may spur calls for the EU to step up its sluggish response, but those measures were also already in the works.
Just a reminder of what Putin said last night after the crash:
Good graphic from the WSJ:
Good morning, starting the live blog for another day. Here is our wrap from our news desk with all the latest on the crash of the Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine.
BREAKING: Vice President Joe Biden said during a speech in Detroit that the jet was shot down, "not an accident, blown out of the sky."