Flight MH 17 didn’t follow normal route, went over warzone instead

The ten most recent flights of MH 17 went well south on Donetsk. The flight that was shot down went north of Donetsk. How very curious.

So perhaps before coming to “certain” conclusion about the involvement of this rebel or that, the key questions one should ask before casting blame, is why did the pilot divert from his usual flight plan, why did he fly above restricted airspace, and just what, if any instructions, did Kiev air control give the pilot in the minutes before the tragic explosion?