KIEV, Ukraine — An apparent agreement between the Malaysian government and pro-Russia separatists to secure the crash zone of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has come to naught as fighting continued in the area of eastern Ukraine where the jet went down.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Sunday that he had reached an agreement with Oleksandr Boroday, one of the self-proclaimed leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic, to allow investigators to reach and explore the site unharmed.

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