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Illegal armed units have stolen diplomatic mail that was on board the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in Donetsk region on July 17.

“The terrorists stole personal documents of the passengers and crew
members that they found during their search and rescue work. In
particular, Russian mercenaries stole diplomatic mail carried by this
aircraft,” Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council
representative Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on July 21.

He also said that 810 specialists and 35 machinery units are being
used in the course of search and rescue operation. About 120 square
kilometers around the crash site has already been examined.