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US urges Ukraine ceasefire for crash probe
http://atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/CEN-01-180714.html
US urges Ukraine ceasefire for crash probe
By Radio Free Europe
Jul 18, '14
The United States has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Ukraine to ensure an unimpeded probe into the crash of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, amid claims that the aircraft was shot down.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement, "We urge all concerned - Russia, the pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine - to support an immediate ceasefire in order to ensure safe and unfettered access to the crash site for international investigators and in order to facilitate the recovery of remains."
The Malaysian Airlines passenger plane with 298 people crashed a in rebel-held area near the Russian border, in what Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said was the result of a "terrorist act."
US President Barack Obama, in calls with pro-Western Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, said evidence from the crash site must not be moved.
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