is there any evidence that either the russian, pro-russian forces have removed it or that investigators have somehow found it? >> reporter: officials, no. the pro-russian separatists, the leadership insists that they haven't seen it. they also say that's because they haven't been taking apart the impact zone. they haven't been going through the debris and the wreckage in any way. they claim they've been acting to try to preserve what is here for the sake of investigators who are still yet to arrive here. we know that's not entirely true because we've seen pro-russian gunmen in among the debris and evidence things have been moved and, of course, things have been moved significantly to try and get the bodies out. we saw that just here. this is the cockpit or what was