MH17: Kiev to "send all bodies to Amsterdam"

The Netherlands should head up the investigation into downed Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 and that Kiev was ready to "send all bodies to Amsterdam", Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Monday.

"We are ready for the Netherlands to take upon itself the coordination of the international investigation as the country that suffered the most," he said.

The remains of some 250 victims are currently in train wagons under rebel guard close to the crash site, which is also controlled by insurgent fighters.

Watch the video of the Ukranian premier's Press conference below:

Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he had ordered government forces to halt fire in a 40 kilometre (24-mile) area around the crash site of MAS Flight MH17. "I have given an order: immediately within a 40 kilometre radius around the disaster site Ukrainian troops must not conduct operations and must not open fire," Poroshenko was quoted as telling journalists by the Interfax Ukraine news agency.