TY - BOOK TI - Briefing: MH17 and the war in Ukraine: collateral damage PY - 2014/// KW - UKRAINE KW - WAR KW - MALAYSIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT MH17 N2 - Article covers the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 as one of the undesired effects of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Also covers why Russia is backing or even encouraging rebels, and what the EU and European countries might do about it. The leader article on page 9 of this issue of The Economist argues that Russia's president Putin is to blame for the recent unrest in Ukraine, but also notes Western unwillingness to take a hard line against ER -