At a news conference outside the White House, President Obama strongly criticises Russias response to the crisis. David Axelrod - Former Obama adviser tweets: Remember not long ago when some folks in DC were almost in awe of Putins moxy and cunning? Hes not looking so slick now. Julian E. Barnes, Pentagon Reporter, Wall Street Journal tweets: Obama: separatists are removing evidence from the crash site. What are they trying to hide. #MH17 16:26 If Russia continues to violate Ukraines sovereignty, it will face further international isolation, the US president says. Now is the time for President Putin to pivot away from the strategy they have taken. 16:25 President Obama says ensuring bodies are recovered and returned to their loved ones is the least that decency demands. 16:24 The world deserves to know exactly what happened, President Obama says. 16:23 President Obama says investigators should have immediate, full and unimpeded access to the crash site. 16:22 President Obama says President Putin has direct responsibility to compel them [pro-Russian rebels] to cooperate with investigation and recovery efforts. 16:20 President Obama says he has spoken to several world leaders since the crash. He says they are in a state of shock but, frankly, also in a state of outrage. 16:19 US President Barack Obama says the onus is on Russia to resolve the crisis created by the plane crash. He says the US focus is on recovering the bodies of those who were lost. 16:18 Three Dutch investigators have examined bodies from the crashed plane now on a train in east Ukraine, the BBCs Natalia Antelava reports. The BBCs Fergal Keane tweets: #Donetsk 2/2 Army attack will raise question: why now when international priority is security of crash investigators heading to region?
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:43:56 +0000
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