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Putin Pressured, U.S. Says Missile From Russia Downed Jet

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing intensified international pressure to respond to U.S. and Ukrainian claims that flight MH17 was downed using a missile system supplied by his nation’s military.

Circumstantial evidence suggests that Russia provided the missile that Ukrainian rebels used to shoot down the Malaysian Air jetliner on July 17, killing 298 passengers and crew, U.S. Secretary of State said in television interviews.