KYIV – Ukrainian officials opened a memorial at Kyiv Boryspil International Airport on February 17, marking the traditional 40th day of mourning after the tragedy of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752). The monument commemorates the 176 victims of the Ukrainian passenger jet that was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran on January 8.
The five-country investigation – involving Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, Afghanistan and the United Kingdom – of the shootdown is still in progress, with some difficulty regarding cooperation by Iran.