At the Torez railway station, an overpowering stench filled the air as Dutch investigators, wearing masks and headlights, opened each of the train wagons holding the remains of over 200 recovered bodies.
"I think the storage of the bodies is (of) good quality," Peter Van Vliet, the forensic expert leading the Dutch team.
"Now we hope that the train will leave so that we can do the necessary analyses. It is not technically possible here," he said, as 50 armed insurgents looked on.