Here's our news desk's wrap on President Obama's comments in Washington:
U.S. President Barack Obama says evidence indicates that a Malaysian airliner was shot down by a surface-to-air missile launched from an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine.
Speaking in Washington today, he also said the separatists have received a steady flow of arms from Russia, including antiaircraft weapons.
Obama said Ukraine, Russia, and pro-Russian separatists must adhere to an immediate ceasefire and not interfere with an international investigation into causes of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
He also said the "eyes of the world are on eastern Ukraine; We're going to make sure that truth gets out".
The U.S. president said that time and time again Russia has refused to take concrete steps necessary to de-escalate the crisis in eastern Ukraine, and that Russia has continued to violate Ukrainian sovereignty and to support violent separatists.
RFE/RL's multimedia department has issued this video of U.S. President Barack Obama commenting in Washington on the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine:
The one confirmed US casualty on Flight #MH17 is Quinn Lucas Schansman, a male Dutch-US citizen
— Ali Weinberg (@AliABCNews) July 18, 2014
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