The Dutch prime minister says "all political, economic and financial options" are on the table if access doesn't improve to the area in Eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 went down, killing all 298 aboard.
Mark Rutte told parliament on Monday that his government's priority is to recover and identify the bodies. Of all on board at the time of Thursday's downing of the plane,193 were Dutch.
The Netherlands has led the international condemnation of Russia and the Ukrainian separatists it allegedly supports in the wake of the plane's downing. Rutte's tough talk has been backed by other countries, including Australia and the U.S.
"It is clear that Russia must use her influence on the separatists to improve the situation on the ground," Rutte said.
Peter van Vliet of the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team, inspected the bodies of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 victims on Monday, and said he was told they soon would be moved to a safer location. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty)
"If in the coming days, access to the disaster area remains inadequate, then all political, economic and financial options are on the table," he said.
Also Monday, experts from the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team told armed separatists guarding train cars full of bodies from the downed jet that the train must be allowed to leave within hours.
"We got the promise the train is going," said Peter Van Vilet, the team's leader, adding he didn't know a time element.
The Dutch team has also pressed for rebels to seal the train cars parked in the rebel-held town of Torez.
In the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors opened an investigation into MH17's downing, on suspicion of murder, war crimes and intentionally downing an airliner, a spokesman said.
Based on the Law on International Crimes, the Netherlands can prosecute any individual who committed a war crime against a Dutch citizen. As part of the investigation, a Dutch public prosecutor is conducting an investigation in Ukraine, a spokesman said.
Australia, meanwhile, pressed for a UN resolution calling for uninhibited access to the rebel-controlled crash site. It also asks for the full co-operation of all countries in the region, including Russia.
'Russia is supporting these separatists. Russia is arming these separatists. Russia is training these separatists.'- John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state
In the government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv, another team of experts came to the government crisis centre focused on the crash. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the team included 23 Dutch, two Germans, two from the United States, one from the United Kingdom and three representatives from the Australian Embassy.
The United States presented what it called "powerful" evidence Sunday that the rebels shot down the Boeing 777 with a Russian surface-to-air missile. That evidence included video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site; imagery showing the firing; phone calls claiming credit for the strike and phone recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site.
"A buildup of extraordinary circumstantial evidence ... it's powerful here," said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
"Russia is supporting these separatists. Russia is arming these separatists. Russia is training these separatists," he added.
The head of counterintelligence for Ukraine's SBU security service, Vitaliy Najda, said Saturday the Buk launchers came from Russia, and called on Russia to supply the names and ranks of the service personnel "who brought about the launch of the missile" so they could be questioned by investigators.
He said the rebels could not have operated the sophisticated weapon without Russian help. Nayda did not provide specific evidence for his claim.
Yatsenyuk said Monday "it is crystal clear that any Russian drunken guerrilla cannot manage this system."
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