Putin offers condolences to Zelensky and Rouhani over Ukrainian plane crash in Iran
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  • 14:45 08 January 2020

Putin offers condolences to Zelensky and Rouhani over Ukrainian plane crash in Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and İranian President Hassan Rouhani, expressing condolences over the tragic crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday, ONA reports.

"Head of the Russian state offered words of sympathy and support to the families and friends of the victims," the press service said.

Note that Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Wednesday there were 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians on board the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran.

ONA

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