The Security Council might also call on states in the region to cooperate with an international investigation.
"If President Putin does not change his approach on Ukraine, then Europe and the West must fundamentally change our approach to Russia."
A Ukrainian air traffic controller asked the Air India pilots to try to contact MH17 after it stopped responding to calls.
The Ukrainian government says terrorists with Russia's support are trying to destroy evidence that blew apart MH17 and killed 298 people.
Ukrainian officials reportedly knew rebels could shoot down planes that flew higher than even MH17.
Nineteen-year-old student Quinn Lucas Schansman was en route to be with his family for a vacation in Bali.
A special phone line has also been established to aid victims' families.
Pro-Russia separatists are controlling access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site.
The changes have been made by an Internet user within VGTRK, a Russian state-run TV and radio network.
Clashes reportedly continued unabated in the region despite pressure for a truce following Thursday's plane crash.
Investigators face challenges in trying to examine the MH17 crash site -- from its rural location to dealing with pro-Russian separatists.
The lawyers told Reuters they expected at least some of the families of the 283 passengers on board the flight to sue Malaysia Airlines for damages above the amount they can already seek under an international agreement.
World markets may recover after geopolitical shocks, but the outlook is less rosy for Russia.
Now that we know a missile brought down MH17, we can ask how difficult it is to shoot a jetliner out of the sky at 33,000 feet.
Russia Today host Sara Firth quit after the Kremlin-funded news channel suggested Ukraine was responsible for the MH17 crash.
The credibility of the investigation into the MH17 plane crash rests on the recovery of the vital flight-data device.
Sara Firth said she will no longer be working for the network because of its one-sided coverage of the disaster.
Despite accusations of complicity in the disaster, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Malaysia's prime minister.
Advocates lament the loss of some 100 prominent AIDS researchers aboard Flight MH17.
Reporters on Twitter say pro-Russian separatists are blocking OSCE staff from investigating the Malaysia Airlines crash.
After the back-to-back MH17 and MH370 disasters, the CEO of Malaysia Airlines must try to save an airline that was already in financial trouble.
The same agency that helped with MH370 black boxes is now helping Ukraine with MH17.
