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Pentagon officials believe the Iranian regime shot down Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS 752 with a Russian anti-aircraft missile Tuesday night. All 176 innocent civilians and the crew were killed. The victims were from Canada, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iran. There were no Americans onboard.  "Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a Boeing 737–800 en route from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airpot to Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport, stopped transmitting data Tuesday just minutes after takeoff and not long after Iran launched missiles at military bases housing U.S. and allied forces in neighboring Iraq. The aircraft is believed to have...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Jan. 10 that his country’s investigators have been given access to the flight data recorders that were recovered from the wreckage of a Ukrainian plane that went down in Iran, killing all 176 people on board. “Our team has gained access to the ‘black boxes’, we plan to begin reconstruction of the conversations in the near future,” Prystaiko said. Prystaiko’s comments came as allegations grow that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile shot down the plane. Prystaiko said investigators also have been given access to the recordings of air-traffic controllers at the Tehran airport. Although...