The latest developments via Twitter:
Senior US officials tell @NBCNews Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. #MH17
— Keir Simmons (@KeirSimmons) July 17, 2014
#BREAKING: Putin says airplane disaster would not have happened if Kiev had not renewed military operation against rebels in east Ukraine
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) July 17, 2014
Putin: “The country over whose airspace this happened bears responsibility for the terrible tragedy” http://t.co/CNgbq4RrUV
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) July 17, 2014
A reader reacts to that statement:
That’s all I need to know that Russia and/or its Ukrainian rebels shot down the airline. Putin is preemptively seeking to muddy the waters of blame.
Pro-Kremlin sites on Twitter in intensive spin tonight to sell story that a. #MH17 was shot down by Ukraine thinking it was #Putin‘s plane..
— Mats Staffansson (@matsstaf) July 17, 2014
MH17 crash 3rd plane to go down in Donetsk region this week: http://t.co/3Lzaix4R7i pic.twitter.com/xi3hgWoti3 USATODAY
— Gilles Klein (@GillesKLEIN) July 17, 2014
Instead of million words. #Gubarev also bragged about downing what he thought was An-26 – pic via @daunbass pic.twitter.com/7HsHH2gOXH
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) July 17, 2014
In intercepted phone calls, Ukraine rebels seem surprised to have fired at a civilian airliner http://t.co/8dyoSxppnA #MH17
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) July 17, 2014
English translation of intercepted call between Russian fighters who admit to shooting down #MH13 jetliner http://t.co/OzhPsPErRu
— Ukraine Reporter (@StateOfUkraine) July 17, 2014
Ukraine rebels say ready for temporary truce after plane crash – @AFP
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) July 17, 2014
All of our crash coverage is here.
(Photo: A woman lights a candle in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev on July 17, 2014, to commemorate passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur which crashed in eastern Ukraine. By Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)
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