Investigators Finally Reach MH17 Crash Site as Ukraine Declares 24-Hour Cease-Fire

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KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government is halting its military operation against Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine for 24 hours so that international investigators can reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 for the first time since the jetliner was shot down two weeks ago.

“We have taken a decision not to conduct military operations on this so-called ‘day of quiet,’” military spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky told AFP on Thursday.

Deadly clashes between government forces and the rebels in the embattled Donetsk and Luhansk regions had kept the team of police and forensic experts from reaching the site, which spans three villages and more than 30 square miles Read more...

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