and we have a special continuing coverage of the malaysian passenger plane that had crashed in eastern ukraine. this plane crash interested in the east with 295 passengers, and crew on board. the ukrainian government says it was hit by a missile. the president of ukraine has said the military was not involved. now this is one of the first images of the plane, which is said to show debris from the downed airliners. images that we can't dentally verify. wreckage has been down -- >> our coverage of the apparenting down, now continues with al jazeera america live from new it was traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. now immediate reports say the plane has crashed and in fact was shot down. that cash i want to show you right now on the map,

insisted he said in contrary keeps aggressive attacks and indiscriminate shelling of areas in eastern ukraine has led to more violence and clashes and this is why moscow insists that responsibility for the tragic plane crash lies with key . we've repeatedly warned of the dangers of solving ukraine's political crisis through the use of force we've been calling for respectful dialogue between the conflicting sides however each stage kiev has chosen the wrong path and their western backers you know i was speaking mainly of the united states up of push them to escalate the crisis and now when facing the catastrophic consequences of this course of action it's going to trying to shift responsibility to russia because that if you just give your boss. a u.s. officials and says that a surface to. on the plane u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha powers says it's likely that an s a eleven was actually used pacifically to down the malaysian airliner and the international community she says cannot rule out that russian training or help for separatists in eastern ukraine was involved in shooting down the

administration and the people of nova receive of eastern ukraine differ wildly at this point russia would like to see a federated ukraine with an eastern ukraine that it can retain some independence over particularly economically speaking for the people of eastern ukraine to ask them to live in within. the same state with a government that has called them subhumans and asked for them to be cleansed from the country that has been massacring them with heavy artillery and air strikes for the past three months this is simply absurd and extremely cynical it would be akin to asking the kosovar albanians in serbia to go back to living with the serbians again we're looking at certainly ethnic cleansing at x. the border and genocide and to ask the ukrainian the eastern ukrainian people to go back to living under the rule of this regime is simply insane you know right one of the interesting things is that it this may all may happen but western media won't report on it if the reporting on ukraine is abysmal in western media. i'm sure viewers watching this program are unaware of many facts that have

crackdown in eastern ukraine has gone. talking about where the army has tightened its siege of the region's second biggest city just about a sixty klicks from where the jet came down to show you some images from the streets of shortly after an artillery attack at least twenty locals were killed it left in ruins craters left outside a church all the result of the latest offensive live now to our correspondent in the region. joining us here on the program are really good to see you clear for us made an announcement about its military gains in the area. of the ukrainian military has taken over the airport something that has been a really highly contested area that was previously held by the government forces basically the ukrainian army has taken over much of the city but not before bombing it heavily in one instance a shell exploded in the middle of the intersection killing eight people genius lee that's according to eyewitnesses there now the infrastructure of the city also has been heavily damaged. has been hit. had been w

rebel leaders in eastern ukraine say they have the flight recorders from the doomed malaysian airliner and a ready to hand them over to international investigators. questions pile up over the tragedy we take a look at some of the unexplained details including why the aircraft strayed from its usual route and why dispatchers told it to reduce altitude. also this week civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the antigovernment stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev ratchets up its military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash also on the way. cool to civilians are killed in israeli airstrikes overnight as the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive now into its. new watching the weekly here on r.t. anti government forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian plane crashed earlier this week say they are ready to hand the flight recorders over to international experts global leaders have called for a thorough international probe into the alleged missile strike that down flight seventy and there are deep sea surrounding both the cleanup effort and the investigation. european monitor

course that would give an indication even though it's accepted i think that is to put it much of eastern ukraine is in a fluid situation in terms of who controls what any given time the ukraine government has released what it claims are a number of evidence should lead for example it has said. intercepted communications it says between people on the ground that suggested that rebels were firing or how fired or weapons and also ukraine government has in the past said that the rebels have these weapon systems i should point out that of course the ukraine government claims are as yet one cooperated in respect of these intercepted transmissions and also of course. the prosecutor general himself denied that rebels have this system so it's fair to say there's a lot of confusion at the moment and really this really points the way to the importance of a thoroughly independent. investigation to uncover all of the leads in this case despite the accusations being made there are still more questions than answers on the catastrophe the russian defense ministry is demanding information from the national repor

the crash, what brought this plane down over eastern ukraine? the investigators are heading to the scene and there is a global demand for answers at the scene. the reuters says that local rescue crews have recovered the plane's flight recorders. witnesses say the plane exploded in the air raining charred debris on a rural area of farms. all 298 people on board are presumed dead at this stage. the united states as we were reporting believes it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. but has not determined who fired it. the ukrainian government in kiev, though, is adamant that they believe pro-russia separatists are behind this. the crash has prompted a change in flight routes for other commercial carriers. they are avoiding the air space over ukraine and understandably so. a little while ago, the australian prime minister tony abbott spoke about the crash calling it quote, not an accident but a crime. 28 australians were on that flight. mr. abbott says he is not impressed with russia's response to the incident so far. >> i can inform you that

russian kazakhs are actually supporting terrorists in spreading terror in eastern ukraine. from the artificially created conflict supported by russia, it has never called on its citizens to him legally -- to refrain from joining illegally armed groups to fight in the ukraine. this speaks for itself. article two of the russian federation states, " participation in such armed groups on the territory of purpose ofte for the the russian federation is punished by five to 10 years ."prisonment or since the one has been brought to justice, there is only one conclusion. notaction on ukraine does [indiscernible] the state of the border has did. in recent days as a result of what is coming from the russian side of the border. several times a day, problems with russian mercenaries who undertake attempts to break through the ukraine border from order, facilitated by protection units. antiterrorist forces in ukraine repeatedly shelled the territory of russia. ukraine has evidence of those ask for the appropriate international response. the ukrainian state border has increased security su

chris cuomo is there. >> reporter: we're in a hostile region of eastern ukraine. this is the final resting place of mr-17. the fighting between ukraine and militants has resumed just now. the man who was in control of the militants, the self-appointed prime minister, sat down with us for an interview and the main questions were of course his accountability for what brought this plane out of the sky and for how he's conducting this investigation. as you can see, it's completely unsecured. media is all over. hopefully they are being responsible. that can't be judged kraelt without some type of international monitor. specifically the black boxes. >> it is true. these items resemble the black boxes very much. i cannot officially declare that yes it is. >> please answer the allegations, ukraine and western intelligence authorities say that there was a tweet connected to the dpr that said that your forces had taken control of a russian missile system that it took from ukraine? that they have intercepted conversations bragging that they had taken down the plane. so if you

breaking news from eastern ukraine a malaysia airlines jet has crashed both sides of the ukraine conflict deny responsibility so what happened we have extensive breaking news coverage starting now. it's thursday july seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. on wednesday france you're watching our team america. a malaysian airlines passenger jet carrying two hundred ninety five people has crashed in eastern ukraine both ukraine government and to keep separatists deny responsibility for downing the air.

aircraft this horrifying incident serves as the starkest reminder of how dire the situation in eastern ukraine has become and how it affects countries and families well beyond ukraine's borders. nearly three hundred innocent people from many countries some of whom are represented by members of this council were killed the casualties include a professional staff member of the world health organization and i was shocked to learn just now that nearly two thirds of the victims come from the netherlands and that there were eighty children on board that flight we convey our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims. the secretary general stated yesterday that there is clearly a need for a full and transparent international investigation. united nations is fully ready to cooperate we have been in touch yesterday and today with a k o n i k o has offered ukraine officials its investigative capacity in order to put together an international team ok when ukrainian officials are speaking today and the secretary general is scheduled to speak with ukrainian president poroshenko tomorrow

refresh nasty in eastern ukraine. the destruction of congress of course the firestorm of debate on how far is too far even the united states chipped in defending kids actions as quote a measured response meanwhile the shell shocked locals have begun to bury their dead including a five year old boy and his father dozens of people gathered to say their goodbyes and what was left of the village square there we met the woman who had to watch as her son and hug. we're buried together. we. believe beautifully. written with the booklet that. you boys. the book is the. board was. disillusionment with the actions of ukraine's military has reached the country's parliament this is how a lawmaker interrupted president petro poroshenko as he was praising the armed forces. shouted. that predicted national. through the military's blunders and attacks have sown destruction and tragedy across the east of ukraine throughout the week on change day a school building was gutted during government shelling six people died and more were inju

joined a host of countries banning flights over eastern ukraine. this morning, we learned the nationalities of many passengers and crew on board this flight. more than half, 154 were from the netherlands, heading to australia to attend the 20th international aids conference. 45 others from malaysia. 27 from australia ya. so far, we don't have any word of victims from the united states, but, but, 41 of the fatalities and nationalities remain unverified. vladimir putin, the russian president insisting ukraine is responsible for the attack on flight 17. the russian president ordered the top military officials to provide the help needed to shed light on what he calls a criminal act. the russian leader saying there's no doubt the country whose territory this happened in bears responsibility. this tragedy would not have happened if there was peace in the country, if military operations had not resumed in the southeast of ukraine. >> they have determined the ukrainian military did not have the ability to do it. hillary clinton says the evidence looks pret

ukrainian officials telling me not only is russia supplying arms to pro-russian separatists inside eastern ukraine, but supplying fighters, intelligence, intelligence direction command and control. so really, these are the kinds of things that president obama was referring to yesterday as he announced new sanctions against ukraine, was that russia was continuing unlawful activity, in the president's words, inside ukraine. and it's interesting, anderson, because we've had a lot of conflicts we've been covering, as you and i well now over these last several weeks in gaza, in iraq, but all throughout that time, the war has been brewing in ukraine. and part of that war has included the shootdown of several ukrainian jets. but by my own count, half a dozen or so over the last several weeks, and just two this week, excluding whatever happened to this passenger jet. you know, the separatists or possibly someone on the russian side of the border has been shooting down planes over ukraine for a number of weeks now, and that's the context we have as we come to the disappearance and now the crash of this jet

will review its support of kiev's military operation in eastern ukraine. well there are still plenty of other explained details surrounding the flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur just to sum up the plane diverted from its usual flight path and it passed directly over a war zone secondly according to the airline ukrainian air traffic controllers requested that the plane we do says altitude of the reasons for that remain unclear and finally the fact that passports of the victims released to the media appeared to be undone after the crash we asked former pilot an air traffic controller desmond ross to give us his view. first one is the cockpit voice recorder which records the last two hours of all communications and all conversations in the cockpit so that that two hours leading up to the final moments should give us a fairly good indication of what was going on and that may even tell us that knew nothing about it whatsoever that it just happened frankly there's a couple of things that are a little bit curious about the images that i've been seeing on tele

the instability and conflict in eastern ukraine certainly making it difficult to confirm some of the claims and details that continue to pour in using what we do have however we've pieced together the events in chronological order have a look at there's a twelve fifteen pm local time flight m.h. seventy with two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew on board to call from amsterdam airport on a schedule trans continental flight to kuala lumpur. and for twenty one pm local time radio contact with the pilots of the malaysia airlines boeing seven hundred seven stopped and the jet disappeared from radar there was no warning or distress signal of any kind the jet was last recorded as an altitude of ten kilometers of eastern ukraine a region racked by civil conflict infighting within the hour the fate of m.h. seventeen had become clear the jet had disintegrated in the air they breathe from it falling over a wide area anti-government forces arrived and secured the crash site within the hour confirming that there were no survivors by seven pm local time both kia than the anti-government si

rebel leaders in eastern ukraine say they found the flight recorders from the doomed malaysian airliner and are ready to hand them over to international investigators. as questions pile up over the tragedy we take a look at some of the unexplained details including why the aircraft strayed from its usual route and why dispatchers told it to reduce altitude. also this week civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the antigovernment stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev ratchets up its military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash also on the way. in garza more than eighty palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes since saturday night but says the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive now into its third day. welcome my name's neil harvey and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. first this hour antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian passenger jet crashed three days ago say they are ready to hand the flight recorders over to international experts all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed in that horrific incident whe

in much of eastern ukraine is in a fluid situation in terms of who controls what any given time the ukraine government has released what it claims are a number of evidence surely it's for example it is said to have these weapon systems i should point out that of course the prosecutor general himself you know i have the system so it's fair to say there's a lot of confusion at the moment and really this really points the way to the importance of a thoroughly independent. investigation to uncover all of the leads in this case. shortly after the plane crash several mainstream media outlets latched on to the message coming from washington and kiev unleashing a storm of accusations against ukraine's anti-government forces and against moscow we asked load a journalist and former security consultant why the finger of blame is being pointed so quickly. i think if it did if it's going to dish too good an opportunity to once again play the blame game on russia and on the insurgents in the east of ukraine i meant and it's too good an opportunity to miss the relatives and the victims deserve a thorough

now eastern ukraine. what's he trying to achieve? >> his first end game, keep moving as things don't work out and he is playing tactically. mutual ukraine that sat between europe and russia. now with the eu having signed the association, it is lost from the big plans that putin had. his next step was to say hold on we need a federal ukraine where those in the east can control the foreign policy of an overall ukraine. he is at risk of losing that as well. he is militarizing that battle, right. >> it is part of showing kiev doesn't control the country. as long as he can do that he has leverage. >> thank you for being with us and for your analysis on this important story. still ahead, as the death toll continues to rise, israel says it's ready to step up its ground offensive in gaza. we're live from the israeli side of the border next. >> let's check the latest developments. netanyahu says the military is prepared to expand its offensive in gaza. he didn't say what would trigger another escalation in its campaign against hamas militants

some observers are saying the complexity of the conflict in eastern ukraine will make the investigation into the plane tragedy even more difficult about their pain you know variation expert julie and bright. what i can't understand is why malays you know ways allowed their seven seven seven to fly through what is a combat zone and it's flying at normal height round about thirty two thousand feet and at normal speed now there are several theories but it will probably be a big missile that actually brought it down if it was a missile it looks judging by that it was actually hit by a missile but we can't confirm this it would have to be a large miss my understanding is that ukraine government has large missiles but the rebels only have manned packs which the missile fired on his shoulder so might have been what they would call a lucky shot and they might have seen a bleed a big black outline in the sky thinking it was a transport aircraft a military transport that is possible but i would have thought that the ground troops ground forces would have actually had radios and they would actuall

an immediate cease fire must be declared in eastern ukraine the leaders of the self-proclaimed people republic have said that they are going to implement a humanitarian truce so an investigation can take place to find out what what happened to this airplane now meanwhile the ukrainian authorities have said that russia may be behind the striking down of this plane now of course russia's dismiss this as stupid and. the ukrainians have to take responsibility for this because it happened over their territory and if there was pace in eastern ukraine then this would never have happened now i think we can hear what president putin had to say about this earlier. we have to do everything in our capability to make sure an objective picture of what happened is made public and known to people in our country as well as the people of ukraine and the whole world what happened is completely unacceptable and no one has the right to walk away with the making ject of conclusion of what happened first. i want to point out that this tragedy wouldn't have happened if there was peace on the ukrainian land a

crackdown in eastern ukraine has gone largely. the army has really tightened the region's second largest. just about sixty kilometers from where the plane came down claims is now in control of the southeastern parts of the city for. a price at least twenty civilians killed in broad daylight as for. heavy artillery fire one shell struck close to a church and a local market was left in ruins. with more on what's been happening in this. business you make there is any end in sight so when it comes to violence in a military airplane belonging to an air force has delivered yet another hit we know that they have several residential buildings at least twenty or forty to various reports that have. to this point people are saying that they're left without water and they are being instructed not to leave their homes this is something that has been happening with them for quite a while according to the numerous statements that we have received from people coming little to the. region into neighboring region which is what he did on the territo

program investigators are combing through the wreckage of the malaysian airliner that crashed in eastern ukraine on thursday it killed all two hundred ninety eight people on board alongside the day of the plane like the remains of passengers on that belongings we can show you some pictures where they have put white ribbons marking the spots where bodies have been found but many however who were on board still remain unaccounted for the team of international the organization for security and cooperation in europe will continue their examination of the site later accompanied by representatives of the self-proclaimed people. it took pictures of the gruesome scene on friday and also used the month that i was there for us. we are now way past that's when a four hour mark that the bodies of the people that said side of the crash malaysia airlines flight have been lying around here along with the burning debris you know the always see mission had already come here this spend about an hour people in scouring the area then they left so we couldn't get any information from them right away they were keepin

ukraine. flight aware lost contact with the plane here. crashed on the eastern border of ukraine.e take you to yesterday, we'll take you to the same flight, because these flights are regularly scheduled. that's one thing we talked about, how there was a malaysian air flight 17 yesterday. here's where it went out of amsterdam across ukraine and down to kuala lumpur. that was a successful flight. this ended somewhere over ukraine. i've seen pictures at least some smoke of the pictures of this aircraft. it doesn't look like there's going to be a lot left of that aircraft but the smoke that came out of some of the videos we're now seeing here. >> right. chad myers thank you for that. again the key there, that path taking it over ukraine. eastern ukraine in that border between ukraine and russia and this just has obvious question about the conflict that is raging in that region between pro-russian fighters in eastern ukraine and the ukrainian government. the russian government, russian troops said to be massing in greater numbers than before at the border. the u.s. just issuing heavier

brought down a malaysian airlines jetliner today as it flew at 33,000 feet over the war zone in eastern ukraine. flight 17 with 295 people on board crashed near the russian border where pro-russian-ukrainian rebels are battling to break away from ukraine. there are no survivors. just yesterday the rebels claimed responsibility for downing a ukrainian military jet, a ukrainian military transport plane was shot down on monday, but this evening the rebels who are backed by russiad nothing to do with today's crash of the airliner. this video captured the fire just moments after the malaysia airlines boeing 777 fell in pieces from the sky. smoke bill load from a village held by ukrainian rebels, about 25 miles from the russian border. wreckage, body parts and personal belongings were scattered over miles. flight 17 took off from amsterdam at 6:30 eastern time this morning bound for kuala lumpur malaysia. less than four hours into the flight, it disappeared from radar. the 295 people on board included 280 passengers and a crew of 15. some of their relatives gathered at airports in amsterdam and kuala

rebel leaders an eastern ukraine say they have the flight recorders from the do malaysian airliner on are ready to hand them over to international investigators. questions pile up over the tragedy we take a look at some of the on explained details including why the aircraft strayed from its usual route and why the spotters told it to reduce altitude. also coming up civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the government stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev rushes off its military onslaught in the wake of the playing russian. for eighty palestinians have been killed by its really strike since saturday night as the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive in its third day we have reaction later. a warm welcome to the weekly here in r.t. international wrap up of the top stories from the past seven days and up to the minute developments as well i mean you know neil welcome our top story government forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian passenger jet crashed three days ago say they are ready to harm the flight recorders over to international experts all two hundred ninety eight

hours later mh17 disappeared from radar and crashed in eastern ukraine. a photograph of them now sits outside her flower shot. >> you're going to miss her? >> yes. >> reporter: the irony not lost on many here that they are now laying flowers at the shop where they used to buy them. in nearby rotterdam, a similar scene. outside the chinese restaurant asian glories, we are told of the moment he learned three family members weren't coming home. when you came to that realization, you know, what was going through your mind at that time? >> yeah. everything you -- that you lost someone, you never expect, so no words for that. >> reporter: the restaurant was the life work of his cousin, jenny lo and her husband. he says their 30-year-old son is struggling to cope. >> they build up this restaurant in about 15, 20 years. it's very good restaurant. and you see the flowers and, of course, all the -- all the comments on the internet. and always working for the son, for the business. and this was verification. >> reporter: another family was also upcoming deejay was o

in eastern ukraine. heroes for those who were killed in the air strike took place in what was left a village square one woman carrying both her husband and young son. we give the body to the family believe it beautifully. if you couldn't you didn't want you to think that didn't matter to them if you boys you keep your dog with you the book is over with the puzzle of. the muslims the baby and you thought was the that's good. destruction of countershaft already here in debates about how much force is too much here in u.s. russia with defense calling the army's actions quote an attempt to restore peace. our view is that the training in security forces operations have been moderate and measured they thin taking steps to maintain calm within their own country dissolution with the actions of ukraine's military or the country's parliament this is how one lawmaker interrupted president poroshenko as he was praising the armed forces i mean you're kind of naive and shabby not altogether sure was was the man the ma

the russianing military operations, russia are supporting terrorists in spreading terror in the eastern ukraine. through the whole period of this, supported by russia, it has never publically called on its citizens to refrain from joining illegal armed groups of the territory of ukraine. this fact speaks for itself t 208 of the criminal court of russia federation states that, i quote, participation in armed groups which are not determined by the federal law as well as participation in such armed groups on the territory will the purpose contrary to the interest of russian federation is punished by 5 to 10 year imprisonment ends quote. since no russian national has been brought to justice for such actions, there is often one conclusion: their participation in illegal armed groups in ukraine with the russian federation. mr. president, the situation of the ukrainian russian state boarder has significantly deteriorated in the receipt days as result of systematic violations coming from the russian side of the border as well as the actions by armed terrorist groups in the three border areas of lunsk a

president obama said the missile was shot from the territory controlled by separatists in eastern ukraine evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russian backed separatists inside of ukraine moreover we know that these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia having said that he also added we don't know exactly what happened i think it's very important for us to make sure that. we don't get out ahead of the facts. and at this point in terms of identifying specifically what individual or group of individuals or a. personnel order that the strike. came about the u.s. president called for a credible international investigation and that is something all members of the u.n. security council are calling for including russia because nobody at this point knows who shot that missile the blame game is about who created the ground for this tragedy to happen and here we see a clash of different views the u.s. says russia is responsible because it supported the rebels russia says key if it's

is responsible because it launched this military operation in eastern ukraine and the u.s. supported it moscow has also raised a number of questions for key have to answer including why it hadn't closed the airspace over what was clearly a war zone the jim gray idea why did the creating an air traffic controller send a passenger flights to an area of military clashes an area which was used to carry out strikes against civilian targets and where there were anti-aircraft systems operating all members of the un security council including russia and the united states have called for a credible impartial investigation of the disaster it will take time before any results come through but the blame game is already in full swing down to check on washington d.c. . take a detailed look at the area where i am a seventeen came down starting with the small town that's here where most of the debris has been found that the plane itself actually came from the north west and further almost the entire conflict zone including two former hotspots slavyansk and tosk now major ukrainian army out

no such bans existed for this part of eastern ukraine. >> anderson cooper reporting will. the white house is calling for an immediate cease-fire in ukraine to insure a safe and complete investigation of the crash site and recover sadly and tragically in this case the recovery of the victim's body is something that has to be considered. so, the big question that we have been asking that the world has been asking, what brought down this plane and one of the prevailing theories is a surface-to-air missile system is responsible. here are some details on the missile system that may have brought down malaysia airlines flight 17. the ukrainian administer adviser claims a buc, surface-to-air missile hit the plane. it's russian made, a self propelled missile fired from a launcher, usually mounted on a vehicle like a truck. this is heavy weaponry we are talking about here. it can target a plane up to 25,000 feet in the air or twiefr,000 metres in the air i should say, yes, 25,000 metres in the air about 82,000 feet roughly double a commercial jet. according to jason defense analysts,

>> they do not connect themselves to whatever happened in eastern ukraine. this has been a line throughout the months of the conflicts. russia says separatists are on their own. it admits separatist leaders come to moscow n. events like this, russia tries to distance. the russian statement is slowly going to action. we heard russian foreign minister talking about the air crash saying that russia demands the most thorough, objective investigation into what happened. he said the ukrainian statements are not helping this by blaming russia, by blaming separatist. he's trying to pressure the investigation which is about to start. >> live in moscow, thanks. there's so muany many questions that need to be answered. was it a missile fired by separatists in the region? why was that plane flying over what was obviously a hot war zone? we'll have the latest continuing throughout the day from here in amsterdam. now back to you. >> live in the airport there near amsterdam clive bringing us up to date on developments on the story regarding mh 17. we'll keep across the sit

and there are also several ports that the ukrainian military has continued to issue attacks in eastern ukraine despite everything going on with the investigation what kind of information do you have on that and has the u.s. said anything whatsoever to kiev authorities about a cease fire while the president of ukraine is committed to a forty kilometer cease fire around the crash site and i believe the fighting is outside of that forty kilometers i think he's held to it and look we very takes two sides so where there are attacks against the ukrainian people ukrainian forces they obviously have a responsibility and obligation to protect their people but it's my understanding that they have held the cease fire around the crash site state department spokeswoman marie harf also address russian allegations were guarding u.s. claims that american satellites show the plane was indeed shot down by a missile take a listen we've seen a history throughout this conflict of the russian government putting out just sheer propaganda false about what's happening we have a great deal of open source evidence and i

as both president obama and samantha power made clear today in their remarks, what happened in eastern ukraine yesterday did happen in the middle of a war. between russia and ukraine. there are two sides to that war. and frankly, it may be uncomfortable to note it, but as much as russia is invested in not seeming like such a bad guy here, ukraine, for its own reasons, is also invested in making sure that russia seems like the bad guy here. ukraine has just as much incentive as anyone to make sure this disaster, terrible act, makes them look as good as possible and russia look as bad as possible. doesn't mean ukraine is lying when they're doing it, but have every incentive to spin this as much in their own way. ukrainian government and ukrainian officials are the source of claim after claim after claim after claim, most run by a very eager western media, even though almost none of these claims have been independently verified. the one thing all these claims have in common is that they all, all, all point to russia. and maybe all of them are true, but it's worth asking how would we know if they'

you're in eastern ukraine not controlled by rebels but controlled by the ukrainian government. how are people reacting to the news there? >> i'm actually where the ukrainian military has its headquarters in eastern ukraine, and the ukrainian military has been telling us they believe the jet was shot down by a buk missile produced in russia. it's not clear how the rebels got this contraption that can shoot up to 15 kilometers into the air, apparently. but they're blaming -- they're blaming the pro-russian spra separatists for shooting down the plane. >> do they believe it was the spra separatists, themselves, who fired it or the russians who fired it? >> the ukrainians have been saying all along there are a lot of russian citizens and special forces among the rebels. they believe that the entire rebel movement is controlled from moscow. it's confirmed that many of the leaders of the separatists are russian citizens, self-admittedly one of them recently said he was an fsb, russian state security services, he said he was a colonel of the fsb up until 2013. he's not even hiding tha

rebel leaders in eastern ukraine say they're ready to hand the flight recorders from malaysian airlines flight seventeen to international investigators one of the black boxes has reportedly been found at the scene of the crash which killed everybody on board. asked questions of pile up over the tragedy we take a look at some of the unexplained details including why the aircraft strayed from its usual route and why dispatchers told it to reduce. also this week civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the antigovernment stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev ratchet up the military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash also on the white. vans that more than forty civilians were killed in israeli airstrikes overnight is the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive now into its. harvin you're watching the weekly here on r.t. . antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian plane crashed earlier this week said they all ready to hand the flight recorders over to international experts one of the devices has reportedly been found at the side of the tragedy which claimed the l

european monitors full access to the side of a malaysian plane disaster in eastern ukraine but there's no word yet from international experts who've arrived in kiev on or to to inspect the wreckage. questions piled up over the tragedy we take a look at some of the explaining details including why the aircraft strayed from its usual route and why dispatchers told it to reduce altitude. also coming up civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the anti-government stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev its military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash. it's really invasion of bloodiest day with more than eighty civilians killed as it's taken on this really captive. a warm welcome to the weekly here in r t international wrap up off the top stories from the past seven days on up to the minute developments as well i mean you know neal our top story european monitors from the working at the crash site of a malaysian passenger jet in eastern ukraine say that local militia groups are not letting them access the area earlier and the government forces said the flight recorders had been

things growing worse in eastern ukraine. at least 13 people were killed there. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov expected to speak to the media at any moment now. we'll certainly bring it to you live as soon as it happens. >>> with the latest now to get the international observers to the crash site, we have nick via telephone. what are you hearing? >> caller: the dutch have been trying to get access to the crash site. we just heard from a spokesman that they anticipate access to the site today. and that stems to result from negotiations from the army and the government as well. but one question overhangs is how safe it will be. high on their priority list is reaching the site. it is a very, very fluid environment. there have been some substantial shelling and we're also hearing from the ukrainian government who say yes, an operation is under way to free grounds around the crash site. so we're in an environment here where it's a very large area, could be changing hands except right now, the air -- the clock is ticking for the relatives of those who died on t

i think the same cache are trying to orchestrate a genocide in eastern ukraine like unit. body parts lying on the ground another villages organs hanging on the outside only a torso left the latest victims of key of mass daily bombings of civilians reportedly killed as again used and cluster bombs in this attack designed to kill indiscriminately the bombs splinter maiming or killing everyone in the surrounding area vanya celebrated his fifth birthday the day before the bombing the next day the hunters' cluster bomb blew his leg off he died almost immediately in front of the news mother's voice how would you as backed president poroshenko feel she says if that was his children key of knows his story an error exists is the most for rights wing government on the face of the earth is on a one way killing spree he points out the self-defense forces are not bombing or massacring anyone residents of eastern ukraine told op ed news they used to think pilots were just flying blind and missing their targets then they found they were actually highly accurate always hitting civilians w

it is said to be in eastern ukraine. as you can see there -- there's a part of the plane which is believed to be the fuselage, and from what it looks like this would be part of a malaysian airlines plane. these are pictures coming to us from social media, from twitter. no way for us to independently confirm these pictures. rory challands is live with us from moscow. rory anymore information coming out of russia on this crash? >> well, we're hearing from the donetsk people's republic. now this is the breakaway region of eastern ukraine, pro-russian separatists control the area in which the plane went down. so it i think they who have been the first on the screens, and what we're hearing from the donetsk people's republic deputy prime minister is many children are dead. we're hearing everyone who was on board has died. there are body parts scattered around a 15-kilometer area around the crash site. and reuters are also saying that at least 100 bodies have been seen there. so it's sounding like it's a very, very grizzly sce

what's happening in eastern ukraine is a kremlin- instigated, armed, funded, and trained and fueled aggression against the people of ukraine and their duly elected government. this is cynical and blatant aggression by putin against ukraine, and putin continues to undermine ukrainian sovereignty and security by arming these separatist rebels, massing russian troops at the border of eastern ukraine in a very threatening way, and also threatening to increase further coercive measures against ukraine. the people of ukraine need our help. the ukrainian people are willing to risk their lives and have been risking their lives to defend the son ofty of their country -- the sovereignty of their country against president putin's aggression, but the ukrainian government desperately needs our assistance. in particular, the prior administration of ukraine that left -- president yanukovych was very aligned with russia, gutted their military, and much of the equipment that they need to be able to defend themselves. and let me just say, they have gone there and bravely defended themselves, even without having