U.S., U.K. Link Russia to Downed Malaysia Jet as UN Meets
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The U.K. and the U.S. raised pressure on Russia to end support for the rebels blamed for the downing of a jetliner that killed all 298 people on board as the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the crash.
The Malaysian plane was probably shot down by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by rebels from insurgent-held territory in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to UN Samantha Power told the Security Council in New York. The U.S. can’t rule out the possibility of Russian assistance to the separatists, she said.