now the local reporter patrick lang cast aside all the tragedy in the don't yet screech now joining me live over the phone here without the international patrick hello to you is rory huge day here in moscow i hope you can hear me now what is the very latest from the scene where you are. i've been here since less the evening and the activity right now is basically the emergency crew there crews are going through the trees near and chopping the branches off and then taking the branches and doing sweeps of the wheat fields to locate. the remains. and they are posting white ribbons on sticks next to each. casualty and the fields here are just littered and these little white flags there are literally hundreds hundreds of white flags around and each one walked to them individually and they all are marking. remains and through the night. it wasn't a lot of activity there was some emergency vehicles here but they seem to be leaving everything as it is and not disturbing the wreckage i believe they might be waiting on inspectors or something along these lines can you tell us anything about emer

situation on the ground appeared on safe and hoping to get to the crash site on monday journalist patrick lang custer managed to visit the scene earlier. we had left the inmate crash right. while we were very very jet flying around overhead or we could hear explosions in the dirt and. there's we went forward to the space for our ukrainian military tanks going down the road and now we're very close to start first and torres an action scene you. know where our memory for there's heavy gunfire and explosions in. the netherlands from where the ill fated m.h. seventeen flight departed was hit the hardest by the tragedy the planes powering the bodies recovered from the scene have been arriving there throughout the week. the first victim from the disaster has been identified on the day is a dutch citizen a team of two hundred forensic experts says it could take months for all the victims to be identified or. reports from a country in groups i was i know the public so. the people of rope to pay tribute to a family is restored it was politics the very fabric of the community this family is so within th

can see residential houses and shops have once again suffered heavy damage from photojournalist patrick lang custer was caught in the overnight shelling he sent us this video. comes again if. there is no. he said he heard around four dozen explosions on eventually had to hide in a basement. parties refinish this cry is the situation in the region for us. the large scale military operation the case of calls anti terror operation is now officially resumed in eastern ukraine the most dramatic picture we see in the town of the time a tourist can denounce krege and it used to be one of the two major epicenter is of kiev's operation and we spoke to a foreign journalist currently on the ground and this is how he describes the situation there right now. i mean. really. slim down screaming another target k.-tel you to leave crane in army for months these town in the next creighton so severe attacks by the ukrainian military and fierce clashes between the army and to government forces often resulted in fatalities including him on civilian population and now again we start receiving alarm in massachuse

now heading to neighboring comma tosk another hub of resistance to kiev journalist on the ground patrick lang casta told us that the city is now preparing for a massive army offensive be awakened by hotel staff this morning because we sleep in the basement on the first floor because of the shelling . and they told us that they were abandoning the hotel staff and hotel security were abandoning the hotel because you're under the impression that today the ukrainian army is moving into kramatorsk. crank and other heavy machinery or residential areas are being caught up in the violence and skee have really launched its military operation artillery attacks have left locals and come a tourist in a state of shock. if . you're going to go two years it will be. prosecuted so that's what you to do your words. i. and this resident of kramatorsk came home to discover it in ruins this is what's left of his apartment after it was pounded by shells. for the onions going up which is not good with because that will work for you. and it will cool and sure the upper east will shoot most. of us. i the small ukrai

photo journalist patrick lang custer was caught in the overnight shelling he sent us this video. comes against. their own house. he said he heard around four dozen explosions and eventually had to hide in a basement. for . and here's the lead his footage we've received from the net region you can see plumes of black smoke reportedly the consequences of the fighting that resumed overnight the air rising from a spot where a great patriotic war memorial is located artie's me from washington describes the situation in the area. the large scale military operation the king of calls anti terror operation is now officially resumed in eastern ukraine the most dramatic picture we see in the town of kut i'm a tourist in donetsk region it used to be one of the two major eight percent joys of kiev's operation and we spoke to a foreign journalist currently on the ground and this is how he describes the situation there right now because of. our jet. blue we are by. i mean by. really isn't. slowing down screaming another target can't tell you to leave crane in army for months these town in the n

ok patrick lang custer live from the scene of what looks like a killer some three hundred people thank you for speaking to us. just to go showing. i mean at times sometimes you kind of left speechless with stories and in particular tragedies the suggestion we're getting now the suggestion that supposedly and we don't yet know this was an attack on this plane that it was possibly linked to the russian president's plane flying by what within forty minutes in terms of pressure to be close to the same space. while i mean this is just on to it entirely and politically if there's even any hint of actually having some tree the political ramifications of this is almost beyond comprehension so we're going to be very careful with off fact checking here but that is just taken on an unbelievable dimension and let's just remind what we are speaking about because it is news just coming into this that there are reports coming in from a source in the russian aviation industry that claims that the russian president's plane may have been the target of the attack it's claimed putin's jet cross paths at t

the journalist of that film to that footage patrick lang test for doing the shelling himself he sent us the first video. he said he heard around four dozen explosions and eventually had to take shelter in the basement. of. the. president of petro poroshenko says there will be no further truce accusing the self-proclaimed republics of failing to abide by it. but we will advance and we will liberate our. cranes armed forces the national guard in iraq and the visions will never use force against civilians we will never target residential areas. the military operation resumed to almost instantly after that statement. locals in the city of qom are tosca say they woke up to the sound of an air raid siren videos have emerged showing the aftermath of the shelling and as you can see the residential houses and shops have once again suffered heavy damage. and here's the latest which is we've received from at the dentist the region now you can see plumes of black smoke reportedly the consequences of the fighting that resumed overnight now the smoke is coming from a spot to where a great patrioti

abandon the initiative to send an international mission they say the risk would too great journalist patrick lang caster william managed to visit the scene. left me in a certain pressurized. air while we were there are just flying around overheard or we can hear explosions in the distance there's read over and forward to a very far ukrainian military training ground down the road and now we are very close to sirte first. torres and i can see. very very heavy gunfire and explosions the last planes carrying remains of the victims have landed in the netherlands two cargo jets one dutch and one australian touched down at eindhoven a base each bearing nineteen coffins another land lost one hundred and ninety full of its citizens and flight seventeen tragedy a team of two hundred specialists is working on identify. eyeing the bodies the process that could take months into other government court nomination in one day. or week of public so. the people of iraq to pay tribute to a family is restored was part of the very fabric of the community just families show within the whole community would need a whol

initiative to send an international armed mission they see the risks would too great journalist patrick lang caster earlier managed to visit the site. where you left him a servant crashed right. there while we were there are just flying around overheard where we can hear explosions in the first and third we went forward to a very far ukrainian military training ground on the road and now we are very close to the circular. tours and i can see. very very heavy gunfire going towards and. the last planes are carrying the remains of the victims have landed in the netherlands two cargo jets one doesn't want to stray me and i've. been in each bearing one thousand coffins the netherlands the last one hundred and ninety four there because i'm from the flight seventy two tragedy a team of two hundred special this is working on identifying the bodies the closest it could take months to all of our. porth from a nation in the army. i don't forward the public so. the people of iraq to pay tribute to a family is restored to his politics the very fabric of this family is so within the whole community would

to neighboring climate tossed another hub of resistance take to kiev journalist on the ground patrick lang pastor told us that the city is now preparing for a massive army offensive. awakened by. this morning because retreat in the basement on the first floor because of the shelling. told us that they were abandoning the hotel staff and hotel for cuti were abandoning their hotel because you're under the impression that today the ukrainian army is moving into kramatorsk. crank and other heavy machinery more residential areas are being caught up in the violence and skee have really launched its military operation artillery attacks have left locals in crime a torso in a state of shock. i'm going to put you to. put it so that's what you should do your words. for her who i am this resident of kramatorsk came home to discover it in ruins this is what's left of his apartment after it was pounded by shells. prison is going up which is not going with because of the school it's the new. people who are insured you know personal lives were. all this. i in mali yes small ukrainian village of congress d

situation on the ground appeared unsafe and hoping to get to the crash site on monday journalist patrick lang caster managed to visit the scene a couple of hours ago. right. around. where we could hear explosions in the distance there's really went forward probably very far ukrainian military tanks growing grama road and now we are very close to. the action. of heavy gun fire and it was. now the netherlands from where the ill fated m.h. seven hundred flight departed was the hardest hit nation by the tragedy the planes carrying the. bodies recovered from the scene of been arriving there throughout the week the first victim from the just as we've identified a citizen team of two hundred forensic experts say that it could take months for all the victims to be identified on the speed of the reports now from a country in grief. and outpouring of public so. the people of iraq today pay tribute to a family that's restored was part of the very fabric of the community this family is so within the whole community would need a whole city so everybody knows someone here and has been coming you know for y

situation on the ground appeared on safe we're hoping to get to the crash site on monday journalist patrick lang caster moments to visit the scene earlier. we had left the mh seventeen crashed right. while we were very very jet flying around overhead where we could hear explosions in the dirt and. we went forward to the space there are ukrainian military tanks going down the road and now we are in very close to secularist and torres and i can see you. know her memory for those heavy gunfire and explosions. and no lungs from where the ill fated m.h. seventeen flight departed was hit the hardest by they tried to me the planes carrying the bodies recovered from the scene have been arriving there throughout the week the first victim from the disaster has been identified on. it is a dutch citizen a team of two hundred forensic experts say it could take months for all the victims to be identified artie's peter all of our reports from a country in grief. oh i oh yes. i know the public so. the people of iraq to pay tribute to a family was restored was part of the very fabric of the community this family

lang's friend dr. patrick sullivan of emory university here in atlanta. he was a prominent voice in the hiv/aids community and he spoke to me about the impact and leadership role that dr. lang had in this field. >> i've met him at research conferences but i think everybody in the field would know his work as well. and he's one of these folks who started, you know, as a clinician, saw a problem and he stepped up into leadership roles that really helped the field move forward. >> some of that research included developed and underdeveloping countries as well. he was linked with research and mother to child transfer of hiv/aids. it was reported about a hundred people on their way to this international aids conference. earlier this morning we heard that figure lower to at least six people. dr. sullivan i spoke to yesterday, he said this is a really tight-knit community and they have all been exchanging e-mails and text messages to figure out if anybody else was on that flight. he fears he knows other who have yet to be reported on that flight because they have