Putin: air crash 'not political tool'

Putin: air crash 'not political tool'

As floral tributes to the victims of flight MH17 grew further on Monday at Schiphol Airport, so did the international battle over who was to blame for shooting it down.br br All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight were killed when it came down over Ukraine on Thursday. The largest contingent was Dutch.br br Ukraine's prime minister says he's certain of Russian involvement rather than pro-Russian rebels fighting the Ukraine government.br br (SOUNDBITE)(Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER ARSENY YATSENIUK SAYING:br br "It's absolutely clear that the drunken pro-Russian terrorists couldn't guide such a system. Those are people who've been trained and we have information confirming that such training took place on Russian territory which got financing, weapons and education from Russia."br br Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning the disaster should not be used as a political tool.


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Uploaded: 2014-07-21

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