Both the White House and the Kremlin called for peace talks in the conflict between Ukrainian govern

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PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) World leaders demanded Friday that pro-Russia rebels who control the eastern Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 give immediate, unfettered access to independent vacation rentals big bear investigators to determine who shot down the plane.
At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, the U.S. pointed blame at the separatists, saying Washington believes the jetliner carrying 298 people, including 80 children, likely was downed by an SA-11 missile, and we cannot rule out technical assistance from Russian personnel.
Both the White House and the Kremlin called for peace talks in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-speaking separatists who seek closer ties to Moscow. vacation rentals big bear Heavy fighting was reported less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the crash site, with an estimated 20 civilians reported killed.
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About 30 officials, mostly from the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, arrived at the crash site between the villages of Rozsypne and Hrabove, about 40 kilometers vacation rentals big bear (25 miles) from the Russian border.
The rebels allowed the team to perform a very partial and superficial inspection. While the delegation was leaving under orders from the armed overseers, two Ukrainian members lingered to look at a fragment of the plane by a roadside, only for a militiaman vacation rentals big bear to fire a warning shot in the air with his Kalashnikov.
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All sides in the conflict the Ukrainian government, the pro-Russia rebels they are fighting and the Russian government that Ukraine accuses of supporting the rebels denied shooting down the plane. Moscow also denies backing the rebels.
Power said that early Thursday, a journalist saw an SA-11 system known in Russia as a Buk missile system in separatist-controlled territory near Snizhne, and separatists were spotted hours before the incident with an SA-11 SAM system close to the site where the plane came down.
Separatists initially claimed responsibility for shooting down a military transport plane, and claimed responsibility and posted videos that are now being connected to the Malaysian Airlines crash, Power said. Separatist leaders also boasted on social media about shooting down a plane, but later deleted these messages.
Because of the technical complexity of the SA-11, it is unlikely that the separatists could effectively operate the system without assistance from knowledgeable personnel. Thus, we cannot rule out technical assistance vacation rentals big bear from Russian personnel in operating the systems, she said.
“No one’s taking credit for it, which makes you think it might be an accident,” said Conroy. “That they were aiming at something else, and the heat-seeking missile went for that because of its size and the amount of ambient vacation rentals big bear heat that comes out there.”
Ukraine s Interior Ministry released a video purporting to show a truck carrying the Buk missile launcher it said was used to fire on the plane with one of its four missiles apparently missing. The ministry said the video was shot by a police surveillance squad at dawn Friday as the truck headed toward the Russian border.
The entire Security Council called for a full, thorough and independent international investigation, in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines, and for appropriate accountability. It stressed the need for immediate access by investigators to the crash site to determine the cause of the incident.
He also called for a cease-fire in the conflict between the separatists and Ukrainian forces. At a Kremlin meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged that all sides in the conflict should halt their fighting and enter into peaceful talks, according to an official website.
vacation rentals big bear On Thursday, Putin blamed Ukraine for the crash, saying vacation rentals big bear Kiev was responsible for the unrest in its Russian-speaking eastern regions. But he didn t accuse Ukraine of shooting the plane down and didn t address the key question of whether Russia gave the rebels such a powerful missile.
Donetsk separatist leader Aleksandr Borodai said no black boxes have been found, although earlier in the day, an aide to the military leader of Borodai s group said authorities had recovered eight out of 12 recording devices from the plane. Since planes usually have two recorders, it was not clear what the aide was referring to.
At the sprawling crash site, lines of men including about 70 off-duty coal miners disappeared into thick, tall growth that reached over their heads as they conducted their search. One man fainted after finding a body. Another body was covered in a coat.
Ukraine s government said it is already preparing for the bodies to be taken to the city of Kharkiv, 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of the crash site. But Andrei Purgin, a leader of the separatists, said they would go to the government-controlled Black Sea city of Mariupol.
Aviation authorities in several countries, including the FAA in the United States, had issued previous warnings not to fly over parts of Ukraine after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in March. Within hours of the crash Thursday, several airlines announced they were avoiding parts of Ukrainian airspace.
At a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines updated its nationality count of passengers, saying the plane carried 173 Dutch, 24 Malaysian, 27 Australian, 12 Indonesian, 9 British, 4 German, 4 Belgian, 3 Filipino and one person each from Canada and New Zealand. At least one American was on board.
Several relatives of victims met with counselors vacation rentals big bear at Kuala Lumpur s international airport. A distraught Akmar Mohamad Noor, 67, said her older sister was coming to visit for the first time in five years.
Karmanau reported from Kiev. Others who contributed included Peter Leonard in Kiev; Mstyslav Chernov in Rozsypne, vacation rentals big bear Ukraine; Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow; Lolita C. Baldor and Darlene Superville in Washington; Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands; and Eileen Ng and Satish Cheney in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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