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A refrigerated train carrying the remains of the people who died aboard the downed Malaysia Airlines plane arrived in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. That's a city controlled by the central government in Kiev and 17 hours away from the chaos of Hrabove, the eastern city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, where the debris and remains were scattered.

, the transfer of most bodies happened after days of international wrangling and confusion over who was in charge of the accident scene in Ukraine.


By Monday afternoon, the Malaysian prime minister announced a deal with separatists leaders that would allow the train carrying the bodies to leave rebel territory. By the time early morning rolled around in Ukraine, separatists had also handed over flight data recorders in front of reporters.

Meanwhile, on the diplomatic front, European Union foreign ministers are meeting today to discuss whether to impose more sanctions on Russia, which the U.S. says supplied the missiles used to down the plane.

On Monday, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for unrestricted access to scene of the accident for investigators.


The measure was approved unanimously, with even Russia jumping aboard after the text was changed to say the aircraft was downed not shot down.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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That's a city controlled by the central government in Kiev and 17 hours away from the chaos of Hrabove, the eastern city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, where the debris and remains were scattered.

Train carrying MH17 victims' remains arrives in Kharkiv

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