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Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk has reported that works had been organized to find out causes for the crash of the Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran.

“A terrible tragedy in Tehran. A UIA [Ukraine International Airlines] plane crashed this morning. Works have been organized to find out causes for the accident. Ukrainian consul is working on the scene. An emergency response task group has been created,” he wrote on his Telegram channel on Jan. 8.