A GRU officer suspected of destroying a Malaysian Boeing is wanted in Ukraine

Oleg Ivannikov has been put on the wanted list by the Ukrainian Security Service, who is believed to be involved in the death of the Boeing of the Malaysia Airlines carrier in July 2014 over Donbass. This name is now present on the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, as one of the main persons involved in the incident.

Ivannikov is suspected of two articles. This is part one of the 258-3 article (“Creating a terrorist organization, leadership or participation in it”) and part two of the 437 article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Conducting an aggressive war”). The site has only the surname, name, patronymic of the suspect. His picture is missing.

Ivannikov, as a former GRU officer with the call sign Orion and Colonel-General Nikolai Tkachev, callsign Dolphin, mentioned in a report submitted by the British research group Bellingcat in December 2017 of the year. According to the investigation, it was they who discussed the transportation of the Buk complex to the Donbass. With this installation, it is assumed that the Malaysian "Boeing" was shot down.

The British assume that Ivannikov continues to serve in intelligence. Perhaps now he is at least a major general. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense calls the information that has appeared "another stuffing."

The crash of Boeing 777, flight MH17, of the Malaysia Airlines company occurred in the sky of Donbass due to, as the reason is determined, external influence. The plane flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. This killed 298 people (crew and passengers).

The investigation team dealing with the investigation of the disaster includes experts from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine.