Russia takes blaming Ukraine to the next level:
Russia is now pinning the blame squarely on Ukraine for the MH17 crash:
Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council, speaking at a news conference in Kyiv:
"At the moment, at different locations, including in Donetsk, there is work on clearing approaches to the city, on destroying the checkpoints of the terrorists. If there are explosions in the middle of the city, then they are not coming from the Ukrainian soldiers. Because we have an order not to use air strikes and artillery in residential areas in the city."
"In any case, if there is fighting in the city, we have information that there are small self-organized groups, both in Luhansk and in Donetsk, who are fighting with the terrorists."
Russia now including a U.S. satellite in its accusations:
At the Malaysia Airlines crash site:
More on fighting in Donetsk:
Glenn Kates goes over what we know about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 right now:
Flight MH17 Fact Sheet: Evidence Increasingly Points To Moscow
Amid mounting circumstantial evidence that Russia-backed separatists caused the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, there also appears to be a concerted effort by Moscow to disseminate its own narrative and perhaps obstruct the investigation on the ground.
