MH17: Separatists preventing access to crash site, says Obama


KUALA LUMPUR: President Barack Obama has criticised Russia and its backed-separatists in Ukraine, who continue block investigators from accessing the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site, and tampering with evidence there.

"Russian-backed separatists who control the area continue to block the investigation. They've repeatedly prevented international investigators to have full access to the wreckage. As investigators approached, they fire their weapons into the air, said the US President.

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