Investigators face difficult task at MH17 crash site

The miners, the fire-fighters and the ambulance crews are being as gentle as they can under terrible circumstances.

No one could envy them this task: searching the wreckage, the wheat fields and the paddocks, wrapping the bodies and bringing the remains of the passengers and crew from MH17 to the roadsides.

There seems precious little humanity among their leaders who have grudgingly hinted the remains might be handed over, only if necessary, to Ukraine government officials.

Once again observers from the European community have had to deal with a hard-hearted and obstinate rebel cordon around the crash site.