WARSAW – Poland's government on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others by demanding that Russia return the wreckage of the plane.
Poland's Foreign Ministry said it had sent a diplomatic note to the Russian Embassy in Warsaw calling on Moscow to “immediately surrender Poland's property.” “No norm of international law gives grounds for Russia’s retention of Poland’s property,” the ministry said.
Poland has made similar demands in the past, and Russia has replied that it is keeping the wreckage of the Tupolev plane because of an ongoing investigation.
The crash occurred as the Tu-154 air force jet carrying a high-level Polish delegation attempted to land in fog at an airport