Ukraine International Airlines confirmed that its aircraft did not receive a dangerous airspace warning before being shot down by Iranian air defense.

"We have not received any information about possible threats when the aircraft departs from Boryspil airport in Kiev. The same thing happened at the airport in the capital Tehran," the chairman and director said. Yevhenii Dykhne, an executive of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), said today during a press conference in the capital Kiev.

UIA representatives denied information that the aircraft deviated from the normal journey and caused access to the sensitive military site of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

He confirmed that the flight crew followed the operating procedures correctly, while the international airport in Tehran was also operating normally at the time of takeoff. When asked why the plane departed an hour later than expected, the UIA representative said the plane was overloaded with cargo and the crew decided to transfer some packages for the next flight.

Ukraine aviation officials also called on Iran to take full responsibility for the accident and said Tehran should have closed its airspace.

"If you intend to go to war, do as you wish, but there are civilians who need protection. If they want to shoot missiles, they are forced to close the airport. Mandatory. Then shoot as many as you like." , UIA vice president Ihor Sosnovsky said at the press conference.

UIA's PS752 flight crashed in Iran on January 8, hours after Tehran struck a missile at a US-based base in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. All 176 people aboard were killed, including Iranian, Canadian, Ukrainian, Swedish, Afghani and British citizens. The Iranian military today acknowledged on television that it "accidentally" shot down the plane.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the incident "an unforgivable great tragedy", vowing to investigate the matter. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also admitted that the Ukrainian plane crashed "due to human error". Aviation experts say Iran is irresponsible for failing to close airspace, resulting in the accidental shooting of the aircraft.

General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), said the air defense complex had misidentified its target and shot down the plane due to stress. US escalation.