聯合國官員稱擊落馬航班機可能是戰爭罪

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights says the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in rebel-held eastern Ukraine "may aMount to a war crime."

Pillay said every effort will be made to ensure that anyone committing serious violations of international law in the Ukraine conflict, "including war crimes" will be brought to justice, "no matter who they are."

Meanwhile, fighting in the area where the plane crashed has forced a team of international investigators to abandon plans to gain access to the site for a second straight day. The team of Dutch and Australian experts said earlier Monday the group was renewing efforts to reach the site.

In another development, the U.S. State Department released satellite images Sunday showing what it says is proof that Russian forces are firing rockets and artillery across the border into eastern Ukraine.

The images, released in a four-page document, show what U.S. analysts say are multiple rocket launchers and artillery fire coming from Russian territory. Other images show impact craters near military positions in eastern Ukraine, where government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists.

Moscow has not commented on the pictures.聯合國人權事務高級專員皮萊星期一指出，馬航17次航班在反政府武裝控制的烏克蘭東部被擊落，這種行爲違反了國際法，可能等同於“戰爭罪”。她呼籲對此事展開“迅速、徹底、有效、獨立和公正的調查”。

皮萊說，要盡一切努力，使在烏克蘭衝突中嚴重違反國際法、包括犯有“戰爭罪”的任何人繩之以法，“不管他們是什麼人”。

與此同時，墜機地點附近的戰鬥迫使國際調查員連續第二天放棄前往現場的計劃。荷蘭和澳大利亞專家星期一早些時候說，他們將再次嘗試進入墜機現場。

在另外一方面，美國國務院星期天公佈衛星圖像，證實了美國所說的俄羅斯軍隊越界向烏克蘭東部地區發射了火箭彈和炮彈。

這些圖像包含在星期天發表的一份四頁長的文件中。圖像顯示美國分析人士所說的多管火箭發射器以及從俄羅斯境內發射的炮火。其他圖像顯示了烏克蘭境內軍事陣地附近的撞擊坑。烏克蘭政府軍正與親俄羅斯的分離分子在那裏展開戰鬥。

俄羅斯還沒有對這些圖像作出反應。