Putin urged to rein in rebels, force full access to

Malaysia Airlines crash scene

By Tom Cohen, Laura Smith-Spark and Phil Black, CNN
updated 6:57 PM EDT, Sat July 19, 2014
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My Comment: Such tragedy escalates without access to site which is critical. Putin we must pray will do the right thing and influence them for the sake of all those lost and their families.

 

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) — On the ground, recovery experts began the grisly task of collecting remains of the 298 people killed two days earlier when a Malaysia Airlines jet exploded over the war zone of eastern Ukraine.

Across diplomatic channels, world leaders complained the recovery is not happening fast enough, mainly because pro-Russia militants control the crash site.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence to force the rebels to allow full access.

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I want to see results in the form of unimpeded access and rapid recovery,” Rutte said in a press briefing. “This is now priority number one.”

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Nearly two-thirds of the people on the jetliner, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, were Dutch.

Saturday brought a shift from the initial shock over the air disaster to the painstaking forensic and diplomatic challenges of figuring out what happened and how much the tragedy will escalate the Ukrainian conflict.

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