MOSCOW, July 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his condolences to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over the crash of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 in Ukraine on Thursday, the Kremlin press service said.

Putin offers “his deep condolences to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on the crash of a passenger plane of the Malaysian Airlines with numerous human deaths over the Ukrainian territory,” the statement says. “The Russian head of state asked to pass his sincere words of compassion and support to the relatives and loved ones of the dead.