Vladimir Putin has vowed to "do everything to ensure the security and safety" of experts investigating the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
The Russian President said "all people" in Ukraine are responsible to the families of the 298 people who died when the plane was shot down last week.
"No one has the right to use this tragedy for any kind of vested interest in the political sense. Such incidents should unite people rather than separate them," Mr Putin said.
"It is necessary that all people who are responsible for the situation in the region of Ukraine improve their responsibility to their own people, and to the people of the countries whose representatives have been victims of this crash.
"We need to do everything to ensure the security and safety of the observers and the experts working at the crash site."
Mr Putin's comments came after US Secretary of State John Kerry said intelligence assessments had provided overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of MH17.
Mr Kerry also demanded Russia take responsibility for the actions of pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine, branding their mishandling of victims' bodies as "grotesque".
Armed separatists have reportedly forced emergency workers to hand over all the bodies recovered from the crash site.
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