Iran's president admits Iranian missile downed Ukraine Airlines jet
"My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences."
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a statement saying the crash investigation should continue and the "perpetrators" should be brought to justice. He also said Iran should compensate victims' families. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said multiple intelligence sources had indicated the plane was downed by an Iranian missile, possibly by accident -- an assessment echoed by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australia's Scott Morrison and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
He also noted that the government is creating a task force of top public servants to ensure Canadian families affected by the crash get the support and information they need. Flight 752 went down shortly after Iran launched missile strikes against two military bases in Iraq, including one in the northern city of Irbil where Canadian special-forces soldiers have been operating for the past five years.
Ukrainian investigators were given access Friday to the flight recorders that were recovered from the wreckage of the plane, which was bound for Kyiv, as well as access to recordings of the air-traffic controllers at the Tehran airport, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said.
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