FILE PHOTO - Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov makes comments for Reuters about the decision made by Interpol to put ousted president Viktor Yanukovich on the international wanted list, in Kiev January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's interior minister said on Tuesday a suspect in the Skripal poisoning case, working for Russian military intelligence, had been identified in Ukraine as a man who helped the former Ukrainian president flee to Russia in 2014.
It was not immediately clear whether minister Arsen Avakov was citing information from Ukrainian intelligence or quoting the accounts of journalists. He released a statement following a meeting with a British minister.
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