Live Updates on MH17: Rebel Leader Denies Interfering With Crash Site

Mashable is following the latest reports on the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. See our previous coverage here.

3 things you need to know:

• Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down on Thursday over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board — nearly 200 of them were Dutch. There are no known survivors.


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• U.S. officials believe the plane was downed by a missile fired by pro-Russian separatists. It may have been mistaken for a Ukrainian air force cargo plane.


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• World leaders are demanding an immediate investigation.

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8:25 a.m. ET: Separatist leader Alexsander Borodai denies that rebels interfered with crash site

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