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European Union's High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has called on Russia to assist the international investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Donetsk region.

We want a necessary access to the crash scene to be provided so that
people could make sure that the bodies of their relatives and friends
would be brought home, Ashton said in Brussels ahead of the start of the
meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers Council on July 22.

Ashton note d the need of carrying out an investigation into the
situation with the downed plane, and urged Russia to make its
contribution.

A special train carrying, according to preliminary information, 282
bodies and 87 body parts of another 16 passengers of the downed
Malaysian airliner has arrived in Kharkiv from Donetsk region, Deputy
Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman, who heads the commission
investigating the Boeing 777 crash, has said.