Sergey Dubinsky is suspected of arranging the movement into Ukraine of the Russian BUK missile launcher that downed MH17, the Kyiv Post reported.
His voice is also allegedly heard in phone calls intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), telling Russian-led soldiers where to take the BUK.
Quoting online news outlet Ukrainnski Novyny, the Kyiv Post said the Shevchenkivsky District Court had issued a warrant to the SBU to detain Dubinsky.
The SBU said Dubinsky was charged with participation in a terrorist act, and had been informed about the prosecution.
According to the report, Dubinsky had served as head of intelligence for a suspected Russian military intelligence officer named Igor “Strelkov” Girkin.
Girkin claims to have led the Russian armed forces intervention in Ukraine’s Donets Basin region two years ago, starting the present conflict.
Flight MH17 was shot down over Donetsk in eastern Ukraine en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
All 298 passengers and crew members on board were killed.
Authorities concluded the plane was shot down by a Russian-made ground-to-air rocket. Moscow however denied that any of its rockets could have been used.
On Sept 22, Malaysia, Ukraine, Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands signed a memorandum of understanding on political support to prosecute the perpetrators of the downing.
“Agreeing to prosecute the perpetrators of the downing of flight MH17 in the Netherlands, the joint investigation team countries confirmed that they will assist one another should any of them face any kind of external pressure to undermine the prosecution or the cooperation among them,” Wisma Putra said.
On Sunday, the Sydney Morning Herald said a semi-retired Russian general had been identified as the person monitoring the cross-border movements of the rocket launcher.
The three-star general was identified as Nikolai Fedorovich Tkachev.
The identification of the Russian general was achieved in the course of an investigation by a team of reporting outlets made up of McClatchy news in the US and investigative websites Bellingcat (based in London) and The Insider (based in Moscow).
In October, the Dutch-led joint investigation team looking into the incident issued an appeal for information on a photograph believed to show the missile which shot down the plane.
According to an AP report, the photo showed what looked like a missile on a mobile launcher, partially covered in camouflage netting.
A black van with its sliding door open partially obscures the vehicle, while the rear of a car can be seen on the right side of the photo.
The report said investigators believed the photo might have been taken in the town of Makeevka, Ukraine, on the day the plane was shot down.