Two hundred eighty two bodies out of 298 victims of the Malaysian passenger plane crash arrived in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Tuesday, and may be flown to Amsterdam in a few hours.

Following pressure from the international community, pro-Russia rebels transported via refrigerated train the remains of most of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane which was allegedly shot down over-rebel controlled territory.

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The Ukrainian government declared that it will do its best to send the bodies to the Netherlands before the end of the day.

Several members of the Malaysian delegation accompanied the remains while others went through a five-hour road trip shadowing the train through the rebels' territory to reach Kharkiv.

Despite delays due to mechanical problems and the rebel checkpoint, the train which is not due until Wednesday arrived in Ukraine's largest city, a Reuters witness said.

Since 193 of the victims were Dutch, the remains recovered from the site will be flown from Kharkiv to the Netherlands for forensic examination.

In the Ukrainian city of Donetsk almost 300 kilometers from Kharkiv, the pro-Russia separists led by Aleksander Borodai handed over two black boxes to Malaysian experts.

Borodai passed on the data recorders - which may contain clues about the incident - to Malaysian delegates in Donetsk.

International investigators had a difficult time probing the incident for the past five days due to limited access of the crash site allowed by the purported Russia-backed separists controlling the area.

After several demands from the United Nation and the U.S., Russian President Vladimir Putin released a statement on Monday that his government is doing everything they can to stop the pro-Russia rebels from further tampering with evidence and victims' remains and allow extensive access to the site.

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