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US gives Ukraine 'important data' on Iran plane crash

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Last Updated : Jan 10 2020 | 6:35 PM IST

US officials have given Kiev "important data" about the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Friday.

All 176 people on board died when Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 went down near Tehran on Wednesday, shortly after Iran launched missiles at US forces in Iraq in response to the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone strike in Baghdad.

American, British and Canadian officials say intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down the plane, perhaps unintentionally, but this has been denied by Tehran.

"President Volodymyr Zelensky and I met with US representatives," Prystaiko said on Twitter. "We have received important data which will be processed by our experts."
"Our goal is to establish the undeniable truth," he said. "The value of human life is above all political motives."

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First Published: Jan 10 2020 | 6:35 PM IST

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