Kerry also said the administration was hopeful that the incident would galvanize support in Europe for increasing sanctions on Russia over its overall actions in Ukraine.
“We hope this is a wake-up call for some countries in Europe that have been reluctant to move,” Kerry said, noting that President Barack Obama had signed off on a new round of sanctions on Russia the day before the plane went down.
Kerry made his comments in appearances on five talk shows: CNN’s “State of the Union,” ”Fox News Sunday,” CBS’s “Face the Nation,” NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week.”
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Associated Press writers Peter Leonard in Kiev, Ukraine, and Joan Lowy in Washington contributed to this report.
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