''They [Ukraine] see the resolution as an opportunity to regroup and start a major offensive against the Donetsk People's Republic. The international team has lost a few valuable days, because of them they can't get access to the site.

''It is the Ukraine's fault that those investigations have not got to the crash site. By starting this offensive, by trying to take the crash site, the Ukraine action has violated that UN Security Council resolution. That is still our position, to have a separate UN resolution for armed teams.''

Mr Nozdrev said there was no ''technical proof'' of Russian involvement in bringing down MH17.

But Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has fired back, describing Russia's claims as ''an attempt to distract attention away from the role Russia has played, at the very least, in creating the circumstances that led to the shooting down of MH17''.

''There is no need for a second resolution at this stage as UN resolution 2166 is clear in its terms - we won't support any Russian attempt to create the grounds for any overt breach of Ukrainian territory in the east Ukraine. We are still implementing the terms of 2166. We are looking for Russia's support to influence the separatists so we can access the site.''