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State Department Not Attributing Responsiblity for Plane Shot Down in Ukraine

By Meredith Dake and JM Rieger
Posted July 17, 2014 at 1:12pm

As the White House continues to gather intelligence surrounding a crashed Malaysia Airlines flight that may have been shot down in Eastern Ukraine on Thursday. State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki did not confirm nor deny whether separatists in Ukraine aligned with the Russian government were responsible for the incident.

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