this separatist region alexander borodai denying any responsibility any for the flight of mh 17. and arguably a chance for him to speak in front of the media, to make his own case at a time when the u.s. government, when the australian government, certainly the ukrainian government, have all basically blamed the rebels, accused them of shooting down this airliner last thursday, carol. ivan watson, reporting live from us from ukraine this morning. also new, ukraine s most blunt accusation yet against russia. cnn spoke to iran ukraine s intelligence chief who raised eyebrows with this exchange. it wasn t a drunk rebel sitting on top of the missile. no. you believe this was a russian. a russian trained, well educated officer.
separatist region to a malaysian delegation. it took more than four days to get the separatists to admit that they were actually in possession of these black boxes and you are also seeing footage of a prayer ceremony, a memorial hailed by orthodox christians near the scene of the crash site in honor of these 298 civilians, more than 80 children, who died in that wheat field last thursday. it s kind of strange that there was a ceremony to hand over these black boxes. what was the reason behind that? reporter: well, clearly this was a negotiated deal of some sort. the malaysian prime minister pointed out, you know, he was angry, he was filled with grief, but he felt that he had to operate more quietly to get this solution. this was a moment for the self-declared prime minister of