俄羅斯在烏克蘭邊境附近展開軍演

Russian officials say the military is beginning exercises Monday in the central and western regions of the country, which would include the Ukraine border region.

The officials say the drills involving more than 100 fighter jets and helicopters will last through Friday.

While the announcement did not mention Ukraine, the military exercises could increase tensions in the already volatile region.

On Sunday, deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists continued as investigators searched the site of a plane crash for a third day.

Local officials in Donetsk say six people were killed there in shelling between the two sides. Reuters news agency says three other people were killed in Luhansk.

Meanwhile, the remains of more victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 arrived in Kharkiv Sunday to be prepared for transportation to the Netherlands.

The head of the Dutch police mission working at the crash site says crews have finished searching one of five zones of the crash site. He said completing the search will take at least three weeks俄羅斯官員說，星期一在中部和西部地區展開軍事演習，將包括毗鄰烏克蘭的地區。

官員們說，將有1百多架戰機和直升機參加演習。這次演習將於星期五結束。

儘管在宣佈演習消息時沒有提及烏克蘭，俄羅斯此次軍演可能使已經很動盪的該地區的緊張局勢進一步加劇。

烏克蘭軍隊和親俄分離武裝之間的激烈戰鬥星期日繼續進行，而調查人員在馬航墜機現場的調查工作進入第三天。

頓涅茨克地區的官員說，六人在雙方的炮擊中喪生。路透社說，另有三人在盧甘斯克被打死。

與此同時，又有多具馬航17號航班遇難者的遺骸星期日抵達哈爾基夫，準備運往荷蘭參加墜機調查的荷蘭警方小組負責人阿爾伯斯伯格說，已經完成對一個區域的搜尋工作。墜機現場被分爲五個區域。他說，完成全部搜尋工作至少需要三個星期。