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July 28, 2014

Violence in Eastern Ukraine Keeps Investigators from Crash Site 
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Escalating violence in eastern Ukraine is hampering efforts to reach the
crash site of downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. More residents fled
to bomb shelters on Sunday as government forces clashed with rebel
separatists in two major towns. At least eight civilians were killed.
International monitors had reached a deal to visit the crash site in
rebel-held territory, but the fighting has kept them away. Alexander Hug
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's monitoring
mission said the fighting has sowed confusion.

Alexander Hug: "The situation has rapidly changed, and that's normal in
this conflict. The front lines were not very clear. It was a very
blurred picture."

 

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