DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry alleged there is overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine, BBC news.        

Kerry called on Russia to take responsibility for the actions of the rebels, saying their handling of the dead had been "grotesque".

All 298 people on flight MH17 died when it was reportedly hit by a missile.

Russia has been accused of providing the rebels with an anti-aircraft system that was allegedly used in the attack.   

Earlier, the remains of up to 196 people were loaded on to refrigerated rail wagons in eastern Ukraine, to be taken to an unknown destination.

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called on pro-Russian separatists not to use the bodies as pawns in their conflict with the Ukrainian authorities.

"There are 298 bodies on that site their families, their loved ones want them home now," she said.

BDST: 0936 HRS, JUL 21, 2014