As a Malaysia Airlines' 298 passengers died over the skies of eastern Ukraine, so did the last trace of hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin would back down from his support of eastern Ukraine's separatist rebels or agree to a negotiated settlement to the seven-month-long conflict.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Foreign Policy: Russia has 15,000 crack troops on the Ukrainian border
US released evidence of artillery fire from the Russian side of the border directed at Ukrainian military positions in Ukraine on July 27.
