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Eastern ukraine, russian border, embroiled in fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists. their relationship with the russian military has been murky for a very long while now and that is part of figuring out what happens next here. the crash site is in an area that is under rebel control. the rebels are denying any responsibility for the crash. as are the russians. how much of an investigation can be done in what is realistically a war zone? who will do that investigation? what do we still expect to be able to find out about how this happened, where it originated from, and ...

Cnn on the ukrainian/russian border. >> russia's top natural gas company, gosprom, plans to hike its rates for ukraine by almost 44%. the move marks the end of a discount agreement that was reached before ukraine announced that its moscow backed president and russia annexed crime. gosprom says ukraine's bill stands at almost $2 billion. rescue workers continue to dig through mud and debris in the u.s. state of washington. >> 24 people are now confirmed dead from last month's rain-soaked landslide and the toll is expected to rise. of the identified victims, the youngest, four months old and t...

Now, yesterday, after sunday mass at a church just up there on the border, which is only about ten miles away, we saw a priest there preaching to his flock. his message was pretty much the same. it wasn't turn the other cheek if the russians come rolling in, it was we must stand and fight and defend our homeland. and he said to his flock, if there are any problems, believe you me, i'll be front and center fighting alongside. so, very much the ukrainians, both the military and the civilian population in this region, defiant. and they say they will resist any attempt by moscow to invade, john. >...

Take a look at that video in to cnn. you can hear the protestors there in the background. they blame the interior minister for the killing of one of their leaders by security forces. a u.s. intelligence has concluded there is a greater chance russia will invade eastern ukraine than previously thought. we're going to pull up a map here and show you where russian forces are concentrated in the locations just east of ukraine. you see them highlighted there. just how many troops? well, it's unclear. ukraine estimates that number to be at about 88,000, the u.s. estimates that number to be closer to...

Thanks, p.j. >> and we will continue to follow the latest developments on the missing malaysian airliner. but here are other stories making headlines. we begin with a deadly landslide in the u.s. state of washington. >> the death toll is at least 14 and 176 others are unaccounted for after a weekend landslide. an emergency official says it's likely some of those currently reported missing are safe. u.s. president barack obama signed an emergency declaration monday and ordered federal aid to the region. russia says being kicked out of the group of eight nations is no big deal. at the hague ...