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Australian PM says intelligence show Ukrainian plane shot down in Iran

10 January 2020
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2020-01-10 14:21

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison cited intelligence report on Friday that showed a Ukrainian commercial flight was shot down in Tehran days ago and reiterated a travel ban to Iraq. early on Wednesday, Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from its territory targeting at least two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S.-led coalition personnel, the U.S. military said. A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 burst into flames shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard in a crash blamed by Ukrainian authorities on an engine failure.

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