Trains with bodies of the MH 17 plane crash victims left Torez for Kharkiv

posted 21 July 2014 20:02

Two trains with the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash left the city of Torez for Kharkiv, the State Commission for the Investigation of the circumstances of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash with reference to the State Emergency Service.

Two hours before Head of the State Commission, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman at a press briefing at Ukraine media crisis center reported that today evening after 7 p.m., the militants who hold under control the territory of the crash finally let trains with bodies of the plane crash victims go to Kharkiv.

"We have received information that a special train with all bodies of the victims will be let by terrorists go to a place which we determined with foreign partners - the city of Kharkiv. We are considering four routes of sending a train. We hope that this will happen", said the Vice Prime Minister.

According to him, this morning by the plane, provided by the President of Ukraine, a group of international experts have flown to Kharkiv and at night from the Netherlands have arrived additional experts with special equipment for necessary tests of bodies of the victims. Today, in Kharkiv there are 31 experts from different countries who are expecting train’s movement.  

The Vice Prime Minister also reported that the State Commission is going to transfer the role of coordinator in investigating how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down to our Dutch partners.

"Ukraine is interested in a transparent and public investigation of this terrorist act, which occurred in the sky over the territory of Ukraine”, added the Vice Prime Minister