In the wake of the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, widely attributed to Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, many magazines and newspapers around the world issued damning indictments against Russian President Putin, portraying him on their covers as a bloodthirsty fiend, a pariah, a liar, and a murderer.
'Pariah' Putin On Post-MH17 Cover Pages
UNIAN is quoting Ukrainian officials rejecting a report citing eyewitnesses as saying another military aircraft was shot down over Donetsk. The report suggests six or seven parachutes were claimed to have been visible after the plane was purportedly stuck.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko meeting yesterday in his Kyiv office with Ukrainian servicemen freed this week in Horlivka. They had been captured and jailed by pro-Russian militants. Their relatives were also at the presidential meeting.
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Another abortive attempt today by OSCE to reach the MH17 crash site.