Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaking at a joint news conference today with visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:
"We are very keen to re-enter the [MH17] crash site especially before winter sets in, and we do need at least a few weeks. The Malaysian side, together with Australia, Netherlands, and the other countries, will want to comb the entire area, because the area is wide."
RFE/RL's Russian Service quotes pro-Russian rebel leader Aleksandr Zaharchenko as saying the separatist "People's Republic of Donetsk" is prepared to hand over captive Ukrainian soldiers in exchange for separatists held by Ukrainian authorities.
Earlier today, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said more than 200 troops are being held by separatist forces.
The lawyer for Nadiya Savchenko -- a Ukrainian military pilot captured by separatists in eastern Ukraine and smuggled into Russia and now held by Russian authorities, who accuse her of complicity in the death of two Russian journalists covering a battle in Ukraine -- said via Twitter that he "dare[s] to hope" that his client will be part of any possible prisoner exchange:
Oh goodness.
Today's situation map from the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council:
