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Presidents of Ukraine, Iran to discuss downed plane -Ukrainian official

11 Jan 2020 - 18:51


Reuters - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to hold a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Saturday after Tehran said it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, the Ukrainian president’s office said.

The Ukrainian passenger airplane traveling to Kiev crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.

Iran had previously denied any responsibility.

Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Alexander Smith


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