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A special train with Boeing wreckage was sent to Kharkov
A train with fragments of a Malaysian Airlines plane that crashed in Donetsk region in July moved out of separatist-controlled territory towards Kharkiv.
The train, which departed from Pelageevka station, is accompanied by OSCE staff, experts from the Netherlands and representatives of law enforcement agencies of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
It is expected that the train will arrive in Kharkiv on the evening of November 23.
Experts from the Netherlands announced the completion of the collection of debris at the crash site on November 21. As part of the investigation, experts plan to restore one of the sections of the aircraft from the collected fragments.
The special train consists of 12 sealed freight wagons and one passenger wagon.
- Representatives of the OSCE observation mission and experts involved in the investigation of the crash have repeatedly stated that the separatists prevent access to the crash site and cannot guarantee their safety. In particular, there were difficulties with the removal of the remains of the dead from the scene. Most of the bodies were removed from the crash site in July, but in November, while the aircraft fragments were being collected, remains were found at the crash site, experts said.
- Immediately after the crash, the Ukrainian authorities and representatives of Western countries said that the Boeing was shot down by separatists from the Buk air defense system supplied from Russia. The separatists and the Russian authorities categorically denied this version. Representatives of the Russian Federation, in turn, blamed the Ukrainian military for the plane crash, stating, among other things, that a fighter, presumably from the Ukrainian Air Force, was seen near the Boeing. The version with a fighter was categorically rejected by the Ukrainian side.
- The Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) crashed on July 17 in eastern Ukraine over separatist-controlled territory. All 298 people on board were killed.