- The pro-Russian leader denies they found the black boxes
- OSCE experts manage to enter but with obstacles of armed militants
- Australia: the rebels "trample the area" where the bodies are scattered
- Malaysia Airlines identifies the 12 nationalities of the 298 passengers
Two days after the flight Malaysia Airlines was shot down with 298 occupants in eastern Ukraine, a group of experts from the OSCE have finally managed to get into the disaster area, but have done after an argument with pro-Russian armed militiamen guarding the place, an open field near the town of Grabovo in the Donetsk region.
International experts have been forced to leave the car in which they arrived and penetrate on foot in the field where they remain scattered the wreckage and the bodies of those killed in the incident.
Although announced an agreement that will allow the pro-Russian rebel jobs within 20 miles in the last hours, the Ukrainian government has complained that militants who control the area have been 38 bodies of victims of the plane and have destroyed evidence that would incriminate them.
"Armed militiamen alienated rescuers and left with no means of communication. Charged bodies in a truck like sacks. According militants, were preparing to take the city of Donetsk," said a government source in the region where the accident took place, quoted by Ukrainian media.
The pro-Russian separatist leader has denied the latter, and denied that they have found the black boxes of the device.
Yesterday, armed militiamen prevented access to the group of inspectors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who arrived at the scene of the outrage among the families of the victims and their governments.
World leaders require access to the site
Many countries and the Security Council of the UN require access to the area and to conduct an independent investigation into the causes of the accident the aircraft, allegedly shot down by a missile over the rebel region of Donetsk.
USA and Western powers blame the insurgents and, indirectly, to Russia by supporting the separatists.
The President of USA, Barack Obama, has confirmed that, according to intelligence under his belt, the plane had left Amsterdam bound for Kuala Lumpur was killed by a ground-based missile launched from an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine.
Obama did not involve directly to Moscow, but said "it is not possible for these separatists operate the way they do (...) without sophisticated equipment and sophisticated training and both come from Russia."
The president agreed, in separate phone calls with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow will face additional sanctions if it continues to encourage instability in Ukraine.
They want to repatriate their dead
Australia has also claimed that access to the area is guaranteed and requires an investigation to bring those responsible to justice.
"For now, all we know, because the area is controlled by rebels supported by Russia, is that the bodies are scattered in camps in eastern Ukraine and armed rebels trample the area," said the prime minister, Tony Abbott .
The Prime Minister has indicated that depart tonight USA by the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, to demand before the Security Council of the UN for an independent international investigation.
Victims 12 nationalities
Of the 298 passengers died, 27 were Australians, while the majority, 192, were of Dutch nationality, one with dual US. Also traveling 44 Malaysians, 10 Britons, one South African dual nationality; 4 German, 4 Belgians, three Filipinos, a Canadian and a New Zealander.
In the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and international researchers, including more than 130 specialists from Malaysia and Netherlands and Australia teams meet.
Saturday will also travel to Ukraine's Minister of Transport Malaysia, Liow Tiong Lai, to ensure access to Malaysian place where the wreckage researchers.
"We want to ensure a safe place runner," Liow, who avoided ruling on who has the black boxes of the plane, according to the Interfax news agency were found by Ukrainian rebels said and assured that the Malaysian government is still unable to confirm any information .
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak last night called on the UN to ensure the safety of Malaysian rescue teams and the evidence relating to the incident are not manipulated.
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