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MH17 bodies leave Ukraine rebel area and reach Kharkiv

Tuesday, 22 July 2014


A train carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine has arrived in the city of Kharkiv, outside rebel territory.
Flight MH17 crashed in an area held by pro-Russia rebels last Thursday, killing all 298 people on board, according to a news agency.
Meanwhile, international monitors say parts of the wreckage have been changed and cut into since they first saw them.
Western nations say there is growing evidence the rebels shot down the plane using a missile supplied by Russia.
Russia has suggested Ukrainian government forces are to blame.
Most of those who died in the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 were Dutch, and the first remains are due to be flown from Kharkiv to the Dutch city of Eindhoven on Wednesday.
From there, they will go to a facility in the Dutch city of Hilversum for identification - a process which could take months, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.