Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Vladimir Socor: An uphill effort in Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) waits on July 16, 2014 after a family photo during a special meeting of the European Council.
German diplomacy went into high gear after the shooting down of an international airliner by Russia's proxy forces in Ukraine's east on July 17. The terrorist act with the use of a Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile system killed all 298 people from 11 countries aboard the plane.