New footage has publicly emerged appearing to show the direct aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine one year ago leaving all 298 passengers and crew dead.

The footage was obtained by the News Corp. Australia media company and and posted on its website with a full report.

The media company said the footage was filmed by separatist rebels at the crash site as they begin to realise the downed plane was a commercial plane and not a Ukrainian air force fighter jet.

The report said the separatists had just shot a ground-to-air missile at the plane believing it was a military craft.

The man speaking is also said to be a unit commander on site, speaking Russian and Ukrainian, who has been told to look for the wreckage of a military plane and expresses shock at finding the remains are those of a passenger plane.

News Corp. Australia said they handed the footage over to a multinational joint investigation team this week. Thirty eight of the passengers who died on the plane were Australian citizens.

The tragedy marked a turning point in the conflict in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels, in which more than 6,500 people have now been killed.

Ceremonies mark year since downing of flight MH17

Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people on board a year ago began a procession to the crash site today, while the Australian prime minister remembered the "savagery" of the disaster by unveiling a plaque set in soil from the place the plane went down.

The two ceremonies came amid an escalating war of words over who was responsible for destroying the plane.

Ukrainian and Western authorities say the plane was downed by a missile fired either by rebels or Russian troops who allegedly back them.

The rebels and Moscow say it was hit by a Ukrainian war plane or a Ukrainian-fired missile.

In Hrabove, villagers carrying flowers gathered in the church in the centre of the village at the start of a procession to the site in nearby fields. The commemoration, organised by local leaders and the Russia-backed separatist rebels who control the area, will include the dedication of a small stone with a plaque in the field.

The passengers included 38 Australian citizens and permanent residents who were among the 298 people on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17 2014, when it was shot down.

In Canberra, Australian prime minister Tony Abbott unveiled a plaque inscribed with the names of Australian victims, which is set in soil that a police officer brought back from Ukraine.

"He knew that the place where MH17 came to rest was sacred and that a piece of it should come back to Australia," Mr Abbott said. "It was a humane and decent thing for him to know and do. It was a contrast to the savagery that brought down the plane."

Mr Abbott and his wife then lay a wreath at the base of the plaque. Dozens of family members of the victims followed, many in tears as they lay flowers alongside the wreath in honour of their loved ones. Some kissed the bouquets before they placed them down, while others kissed their fingers and pressed them against the plaque.

Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine have asked the United Nations Security Council to establish an international criminal tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down the plane.

Russia, however, is opposing a proposed resolution to establish a tribunal for the crash, and has veto power in the Security Council.