Unfortunately, with Malaysian envoys still apparently engaged in an effort to secure the black boxes from Flight MH17 from separatists with whom they've been meeting in Donetsk, that concludes our live blogging for Monday, July 21. Follow the latest on the Malaysian airliner disaster and other events in Ukraine and throughout RFE/RL's broadcast region HERE.
Here's the top of our newsroom wrap-up of the latest events:
The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution condemning the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in eastern Ukraine with 298 people aboard.
It also demanded that armed groups allow "safe, secure, full, and unrestricted access" to the crash site.
The council adopted the Australia-proposed measure in a televised vote after a weekend of intense negotiations and widespread pressure on Russia to vote in favor.
The resolution also demands unimpeded international access to the crash site and accountability for those responsible.
Russia's envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, had indicated ahead of the vote that Moscow would be backing the text.
But the passage came with anger mounting at what many Western leaders regard as foot-dragging or outright obstruction by Russian-backed separatists on the ground near the crash site in eastern Ukraine as well as by Russia, which is thought to hold considerable influence over the armed enemies of the government in Kyiv.
Ahead of the UN vote, U.S. President Barack Obama said that "Russia -- and President Putin in particular -- has direct responsibility to compel them to cooperate with the investigation. That is the least that they can do," he said, speaking from the White House....
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Probably debatable point.
Better late than never.
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17.