Why did Ukraine soon know that the plane was shot down by mistake but did not rush to denounce Iran?

(Dan Tri) – Within just a few hours after Iran suddenly admitted to mistakenly shooting a Ukrainian passenger plane, Kiev also made an important revelation.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky lays flowers in memory of the victims of the plane crash at Boryspil airport, Kiev.

According to the Washington Post, Ukraine on January 11 released photos, taken the day before, showing that the plane’s debris had many holes, showing that they were punctured by missile fragments.

In fact, before the Iranian military admitted its missile accidentally shot down the Boeing 737, Ukraine knew that the plane was destroyed by a missile.

“They (Iran) cannot deny everything anymore,” Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council, told the Washington Post.

Immediately after the Ukrainian plane crashed, killing all 176 people, US, Canadian and British officials told the world that they believed the plane was most likely shot down by Iran.

“We even came to a conclusion before the British and Americans,” Mr. Danilov said.

Ukraine wants investigators to collect their own concrete evidence.

Mr. Zelensky, who was caught up in tensions between the US and Iran after Washington assassinated senior Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, had a difficult task to ensure “cooperation from Iran as well as from the West without being forced

Four days after the plane crashed, President Zelensky said he and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani `agreed to full technical and legal cooperation, including compensation issues.`

“Once again, Mr. Zelensky walked a very thin diplomatic tightrope and got through without provoking Iran,” said Nina Jankowicz, a scholar at the Wilson Center.

Ukraine received assurances of full cooperation from Iran that Kiev did not receive for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. At that time, the Malaysian airliner was hit by a missile in eastern Ukraine, causing

An investigation team from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine has concluded that flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile from a location controlled by independence forces in the region.

`When a plane was shot down many years ago, Europe still has not finished investigating this tragedy and cannot conclude whose crime it was,` Mr. Danilov said.

Holes in the debris of a Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran, showing that the plane was hit by a missile (Photo: The Sun)

A group of 45 Ukrainian experts and search and rescue personnel, including some who participated in the MH17 incident, arrived in Tehran early on the morning of January 9 to investigate the cause of the plane crash and identify the victims.

Photos believed to be from the scene of the accident were posted on social networks showing fragments of a Russian-made Tor air defense system.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko wrote on Facebook that he wanted investigators to review the scene to check those suspicious parts.

But one of the challenges investigators encountered was that the crime scene was quickly cleaned up and bulldozed.

Ukraine used modern technology, rapid exchange of information and cooperation with sources to find the fastest possible answers to very important questions.

Avoiding a larger international conflict is clearly important to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian with no political experience who took office last May.

In a speech on January 12, Mr. Zelensky showed majesty and bravery.

`We acted systematically, without causing rancor, for one goal: to achieve results, to find out the truth about the developments in the case,` he said.

Video of plane carrying 176 people burning in the air before crashing in Iran

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