Our thoughts today are with the family and friends of our Amnesty colleague Tessa, killed in the tragic #MH17 crash. pic.twitter.com/1KiCCdn26q
— Maxim Tucker (@MaxRTucker) July 18, 2014
Obama: "Time and again, Russia has refused to take the concrete steps necessary to de-escalate the situation"
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) July 18, 2014
Sounds like pro-#Russia rebels not letting OSCE team close to the remains of #MH17 #Ukraine
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) July 18, 2014
.@terbleu apparently a cordon has been set up that they're not allowed to pass to inspect remains #OSCE #HM17
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) July 18, 2014
President Barack Obama tells a live press conference that "at least one American" was killed in the MH17 crash.
Some 30 #OSCE monitors have now arrived by helicopter at #MH17 crash site in east #Ukraine http://t.co/7i6QkzL4sz
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) July 18, 2014
Re-upping our "How Is Russia Viewed Around The World?" graphic. The figures come from the Pew Research Center's "Spring 2014 Global Attitudes" survey. Click the image to see the full, interactive format.
RFE/RL's Tom Balmforth has been asking Muscovites in the streets of Moscow what they make of the MH17 crash:
You can read more of media coverage of the Malaysian Airlines crash in Ukraine here
Reporter resigns from @RT_com and spills the beans: Every single day we’re lying and finding sexier ways to do it http://t.co/7Do7LtjYz0
— Peter Bouckaert (@bouckap) July 18, 2014
An army truck arrives as the search for bodies here continues. #ML17 pic.twitter.com/j4vf1J3sop
— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) July 18, 2014
Our news desk has issued this brief item on what the UN Security Council has been saying about MH17:
The UN Security Council has unanimously called for a "full, thorough, and independent international investigation" into the downing of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over Ukraine.
Meeting in New York today, the council has also urged all parties to grant investigators access to the site.
In a statement agreed by consensus, the council equally called for "appropriate accountability."
The UN Security Council observed a minute of silence for the victims of the Malaysia jet disaster.
The Ukrainian military and the separatists are blaming each other for shooting down the plane with a missile on July 17.
U.S. officials have said Washington strongly suspects the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was downed by a missile fired by Ukrainian separatists backed by Moscow.
(Reuters, AFP)