The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 has confronted Vladimir Putin with a dilemma he had sought to avoid: to continue to support the separatist insurgency in Ukraine in the face of a storm of international outrage, or cut the rebels off and allow them to be defeated by the government in Kyiv.
Murder In The Sky: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
The Guardian: MH17 disaster creates dilemma for Putin over backing Ukraine’s rebels
The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 has confronted Vladimir Putin with a dilemma over backing Ukraine's rebels.
