Grieving mother begs Russian leader to return her son and girlfriend as rebels MH17 bodies are discovered in train carriages 9 miles away

'Mr Putin, send them home, send them home, please': Grieving mother begs Russian leader to return her son and girlfriend as rebels MH17 bodies are discovered in train carriages 9 miles away

Silene Fredricksz and her husband Robertt (centre) begged Putin (left) to ensure the safe return of her son and his girlfriend, who were among the 298 victims when the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine, as outrage was continued to build over the situation at the crash site in the rebel-held east of the country. Rescue workers at the site reported that armed rebels had confiscated the corpses and taken them to an 'unknown location' - later revealed to be a refrigerated train carriage (right) in the town of Tozer, nine miles away. She said: 'She said: 'They were 23 and 20 years old. They are laying there somewhere on the floor. I don't know where they are. I want to arrange their funeral and I can't.' The Russian president was at the centre of international condemnation, as the UK's new Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he was behind the 'obstruction and obfuscation' and could use his influence over the rebels and ensure the investigation goes smoothly with a 'snap of his fingers'.