Malaysia’s transport minister highlighted that a team of 133 experts and official flown in from his country had been prevented from accessing the site by separatists in the self-declared “People’s Republic of Donetsk.”

“Malaysia is very concerned that the sanctity of the crash site has been severely compromised,” Liow Tiong Lai said after arriving in Kiev. “Malaysia demands immediate and unrestricted access to the crash site and guaranteed safety for its officials and those of the international team. The international team is effectively being prevented from entering the crash site. It is imperative that international investigators and search and recovery personnel are afforded full and unhindered access to this site.”