“On Sunday, January 19, at 11:00 (12:00 Moscow time - RT ), the ceremony of commemorating those who died as a result of the crash of an airplane of the International Airlines of Ukraine company in the Islamic Republic of Iran will tentatively begin. The event will be held at the Boryspil International Airport, the press service of the Ukrainian president quoted UNN as saying.

Ukraine Airlines International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on January 8 in Tehran, killing 176 people.

On January 11, Tehran admitted that the Iranian air defense system mistakenly shot down a passenger plane, mistaking it for a cruise missile.