There are believed to have been around 20 crew members aboard the AN-26 when it was shot down.
Meanwhile, Russia said it will allow members from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor two checkpoints on its border with Ukraine.
Andrei Kelin, Russia's OSCE envoy, made the announcement in Vienna.
Here's the related announcement by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Contradicting earlier suggestions that the crew could have numbered around 20, our Ukrainian Service quotes a National Security and Defense Council spokesman as saying there were eight people -- seven crew members and one person accompanying the equipment -- aboard the An-26 transport plane when it was downed. Ukrainian authorities said they were trying to locate and transport them to a location under Kyiv's control.