Ukraine wants larger compensation for its citizens killed in plane shootdown in Iran

FILE PHOTO: Relatives of the flight crew members of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed in Iran, mourn at a memorial at the Boryspil International airport outside Kiev, Ukraine January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments.

"As for the Iranian side, they immediately offered us $80,000 for each family... It is too small. We will press for a larger amount," Zelenskiy told Ukrainian "1+1" TV.