Obama urges immediate access to Ukraine crash site

Published July 22, 2014 1:01am ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hampering the probe at the Ukraine site of a downed passenger jet and allow international investigators unfettered access.

“What exactly are they trying to hide?” Obama said Monday from the South Lawn of the White House.

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