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Russian President Vladimir Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for "mercenary objectives." The Kremlin said Mr. Putin also lashed out at Ukraine for ongoing violence with pro-Russia separatists in the eastern part of the country. (RIA-Novosti via Associated Press)

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Malaysian air crash investigators walk by wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A team of Malaysian investigators visited the site along with members of the OSCE mission in Ukraine for the first time since the air crash last week.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A man covers his nose to avoid the smell of bodies as members of the OSCE mission to Ukraine and Holland's National Forensic Investigations Team inspect a refrigerated train, seen in background, loaded with the bodies of passengers in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. International indignation over the incident has grown as investigators still only have limited access to the crash site and it remains unclear when and where the victims' bodies will be transported. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A difficult duty: The stench of death was nearly overwhelming Monday as Alexander Hug (center right), deputy head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, led a forensics investigation team near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. (Associated Press)

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Crucial black boxes were handed over Monday night to Malaysian investigators trying to determine what happened when a jetliner was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russia separatists had been limiting access to crash scene evidence.

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Kees Klompenhouwer (left), the Dutch ambassador to Ukraine, joined Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko outside the Dutch Embassy in Kiev on Monday to pay tribute to the 198 people who were killed Thursday in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Associated Press photographs)

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A woman looks at a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims in Torez, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, about 9 miles from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Associated Press photographs)