Russia today has pointed out that many former Soviet Union countries are armed with the same type of Buk missile which the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) had said was the type that brought down the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH17.

Russia's ambassador to Malaysia Valery N Yermolov said he was 'a little bit' surprised that Malaysian leaders, following report by the DSB, had said that the Malaysian aircraft was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile.