Ukrainian rebels hand over MH17 black boxes and call for cease-fire near crash site
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Ukrainian rebels hand over MH17 black boxes and call for cease-fire near crash site
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, July 21, 2014 20:24 EDT
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday handed over two black boxes recovered from the crash site of the MH17 jet to Malaysian officials at a press conference.
They also announced a ceasefire within a 10 kilometre (six mile) radius around the crash site to allow international investigators to safely access the vast area where the Malaysia Airlines flight was downed Thursday.
We have decided to hand the black boxes over to Malaysian experts, the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic, Alexander Borodai, told journalists.
The Malaysian team of experts and representatives of the separatist group then signed a protocol before the bright orange boxes were handed over.