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## Video: Obama Accuses Separatists of Removing Evidence From MH17 Site

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_Published 2014-07-21. Obama Accuses Separatists of Removing Evidence From MH17 Site_


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## Transcript

Our immediate focus, is on recovering those who were lost, investigating exactly what happened, and putting forward the facts. We have to make sure that the truth is out, and that accountability exists. Ukrainian president Poroshenko has declared a demilitarized zone around the cash site. As I said before you have international teams already in place, prepared to conduct the investigation. And recover the remains of those who have been lost. But unfortunately, the Russian backed separatists who control the area, continue to block. The investigation. They've repeatedly prevented international investigators from gaining full access to the wreckage.

As investigators approached they fired their weapons into the air. The separatists are removing evidence from the crash site. All of which begs the question, what exactly are they trying to hide? Moreover these Russian backed separatists are removing bodies from the crash site. Oftentimes without the care that we would normally expect from a tragedy like this. This is an insult to those, who have lost loved ones. This is the kind of behavior that has no place, in the community of nations.

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