![German Foreign Minister: ‘Further Escalation Not Out of the Question’ in Ukraine German Foreign Minister: ‘Further Escalation Not Out of the Question’ in Ukraine](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/MH17-crash-310x168.jpg)
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier calls the downing of the Malaysian Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine “appalling” in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE. He also discusses the flare-up in the Middle East and US espionage in Germany.
The news that a passenger plane had possibly been shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday reached German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as he was on his way to Mexico.