Originally Posted by
cockpitvisit
From the purely legal point of view, they actually have to be sent to Moscow. Ukraine is a member of the "International Aviation Committee (MAK)", which is responsible for accident investigations in most of ex-USSR member stages.
So a crash in the Ukraine (and it is still an accident at this point, since the missile is not 100% proven) would indeed be investigated by Moscow.
Since 2012 Ukraine has its own accident investigation bureau and it no longer needs MAK to provide these services.