MOSCOW, December 24 (Sputnik) — A Ukrainian Su-25 pilot allegedly involved in the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane should take a lie-detector test, the Russian Investigative Committee said Wednesday.
"It is easy to find out whether Voloshin flew a combat mission on July 17," spokesman Vladimir Markin said.
"Let Kiev show the so-called combat mission log to Dutch investigators, or better yet, let Voloshin take a lie-detector test with Dutch or Malaysian experts," Markin added.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) confirmed earlier on Wednesday that Voloshin serves in the Ukrainian Air Force, but said he was not on flight duty on the day flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine.
"The fact that the SBU has recognized the existence of Voloshin is already an achievement," Markin stressed.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, a Boeing passenger aircraft, crashed on July 17 in the Donetsk region, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people on board. The incident is being investigated by an international group headed by the Dutch Safety Board. The body has already cited that "high-energy objects" penetrating the aircraft from the outside were the reason for the crash. The final report is expected to be released in 2015.
Kiev has accused independence supporters in Ukraine's southeast of shooting the plane down, but has provided no evidence confirming the claim. The pro-independence militias say they do not have weapons which could down a plane flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet.
