Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 1, 2014

Ukraine Reports Losses After Pro-Russian Ambush Near Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash Area -- Wall Street Journal

Fighting Continues as Forensic Investigators Reach MH17 Site

Ukraine said Friday it had lost at least 10 of its troops in an ambush by pro-Russian separatists not far from where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed, as a team of forensic investigators reached the site and said they were beginning work immediately.

A convoy with 70 Dutch and Australian experts had arrived to begin recovering any human remains and personal effects still there, the Dutch government said.

The experts, who were escorted by a mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, "have started their equally important and sad job on the crash site of MH17," Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said in a message on Facebook.

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 1, 2014

Ukrainian troops suffer heavy loss in ambush -- AP
Ukraine troops ambushed by pro-Russian rebels -- Al Jazeera
Deadly attack on Ukraine troops near Malaysia Airlines crash site -- Euronews
14 killed, including 10 soldiers, in east Ukraine clash: Military -- AFP
Heavy fighting kills at least 20 in east Ukraine -- Xinhua

‘Wrong time, altered images’: Moscow slams Kiev’s MH17 satellite data -- RT
Satellite images allegedly proving Russia's shelling on Ukraine falsified -- ITAR-TASS
Moscow Casts Doubt on Kiev’s MH17 Crash Satellite Images -- RIA Novosti

NATO: Number of Russian Troops on Ukraine Border Rising -- Defense News/AFP
Russia Has 15000 Crack Troops on the Ukrainian Border -- Foreign Policy
Russia in Fresh War Games as Ukraine Lodges Complaint -- Defense News
Without Realizing It, Russian Soldiers Are Proving Vladimir Putin Is Lying About Eastern Ukraine -- Business Insider
A Russian soldier’s ‘Ukraine selfies’ are not evidence, they’re war art -- The Guardian
Kiev did use ballistic missiles in E. Ukraine, NATO source confirms to DW -- RT
Russian experts doubt Kiev’s commitment to peaceful settlement of crisis -- ITAR-TASS
Two thirds of Russians blame Ukrainian army, special services for Boeing crash - poll -- Russia Beyond the Headlines

Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in Ukraine LIVE UPDATES -- RT
Ukraine MH17: Air crash investigators get to work -- BBC
Experts start work at Ukraine crash site despite new fighting -- Reuters
MH17: 70 international experts search Ukraine crash site for bodies -- CNN
MH17: Search for remaining bodies continues with the use of drones and sniffer dogs -- The Telegraph
Large Team Of Dutch, Australian Experts Gets To Work At MH17 Crash Site -- Radio Free Europe
Russian Experts So Far Not Visiting MH17 Crash Site in East Ukraine – Aviation Authority -- RIA Novosti
Experts recover human remains at Ukraine crash site despite new fighting -- Reuters
Ukraine: Civilians flee fighting near MH17 crash site -- BBC

Millionaire playboy reveals he is giving away his money to fund war against pro-Russian rebels and taking up arms to fight them after 14 Ukrainians are killed in ambush -- Daily Mail
Rebels and oligarchs: 7 key players in eastern Ukraine -- Christian Science Monitor
AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine -- AP
Is Putin Looking for a Way Out of Ukraine? -- Brian Whitmore, The Atlantic