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A Ukrainian official said a Malaysian passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday in the east of the country

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An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH An Emergencies Ministry member works at putting out a fire at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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Fire engines arrive at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, as the sun sets Thursday, July 17, 2014.Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press

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People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.DMITRY LOVETSKY/The Associated Press

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An Emergencies Ministry member (front) walks at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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Emergencies Ministry members work at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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A woman with a child walks past the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.DMITRY LOVETSKY/The Associated Press

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Armed pro-Russian separatists stand at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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An armed pro-Russian separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.MAXIM ZMEYEV/Reuters

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Ukrainian rescuers walk past debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014.DMITRY LOVETSKY/The Associated Press

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