"You are going out of here. That's an order", grunts a Russian separatist to the press, who have flocked to the field in Donetsk where the remains of flight MH17 still lie. In spite of international condemnation and domestic grief at the tragedy, the remains of many of the passengers aboard the flight are yet to be laid to rest. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin insists that he did not refuse a ceasefire in order to deal with the crisis. "We said from the very beginning we were ready to set up ceasefire. The point is that this site is under control of the terrorists." Interrogating the spokesperson for the Russian separatists reveals a surprising excuse for the neglected victims: "But it's impossible... We do not work [on a Sunday]! We are human and we also need some rest.". With a government train "fully loaded" and ready to recover the remaining bodies, frustration mounts at the diplomatic breakdown causing the stalemate.

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