The Ukraine has announced the arrest of senior forensic scientist, Oleksandr Ruvin, who was shot in the leg last year in an attempt to assassinate him. Ruvin is the main witness, who is to testify that MH-17 was downed by a Russian -built Buk surface-to-air missile that had been fired from Eastern Ukraine. Anatoliy Matios, Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor , will make an announcement later on Monday about the arrest of the suspect expected to be named at that time.
The incident saw 298 passengers and crew on board a routine flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur murdered, and sparked a rapid review into the policy of allowing air traffic routes to pass over what is still a conflict zone.
While the Dutch Safety Board’s report addressed ways in which the tragedy could have been avoided, it said it was for a criminal investigation to determine who was responsible for firing the missile which downed the plane.
That probe continues, with recent Dutch media reports suggesting evidence about the type of missile and where it was fired from will be presented “before the second half of the year”.