The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by
Iran this month were brought back to
Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport.
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All 176 on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev were killed when the
Boeing 737-800 was shot down on Jan. 8, at a time when Iran was on high alert for a U.S. attack.
Nine of the Ukrainian citizens were crew members.