More remains found at crash site

AMSTERDAM – Dutch investigators say they have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after returning to the site of the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine. According to April 22 news reports, the Dutch Justice Ministry said in a statement that along with human remains investigators also found passengers’ jewelry, passports and photographs. The latest recovery operation began last week in Petropavlivka, about 10 kilometers west of Hrabove, where most debris from the Boeing 777 passenger jet fell. Ukrainian officials and many in the West believe the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists – who have been fighting Ukrainian forces for the past year – with a BUK surface-to-air missile supplied by Russia. Moscow rejects that explanation and says Ukraine is ultimately responsible. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Agence France-Presse and Newsweek.com)