BERLIN, April 27 (UPI) -- The German government was warned of an increased risk of flying over Ukraine, reports claim, days before a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down.
Investigative reporters of German public television channels NDR and WDR, and the newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung said German diplomatic cables referred to the downing of a Ukrainian air force plane on July 14, 2014, from a height of about 20,000 feet as "very alarming," but did not pass any warning.