Ukraine-Iran tensions

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 12 Jan 2020 by Alex Teddy

On January 11 Iran admitted accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian International Airlines plane a week ago. Iran had initially denied being responsible. Half of the 173 people aboard were Iranians. Iran has enough enemies and has no reason to provoke Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have both suspended flights to and from Iran for safety reasons. Ukrainian International Airlines (UIA) is struggling already. Having to avoid Iran will make life even harder for UIA. Ukraine has a delicate relationship with the US which is made all the trickier by the impeachment proceedings. The UIA downing is likely to complicate Ukraine's effort to reach an accommodation with Russia.

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