Armed men hijack Ukrainian plane in Kabul: Report
Kabul: Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin said a Ukrainian plane has been hijacked by unidentified people who flew it into Iran.
Russian News Agency TASS reported quoting Yevgeny Yenin reported that "Last Sunday, our plane was hijacked by other people. On Tuesday, the plane was practically stolen from us, it flew into Iran with an unidentified group of passengers onboard instead of airlifting Ukrainians. Our next three evacuation attempts were also not successful because our people could not get into the airport".
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However, Israeli media reported that the Iranian Civil Aviation Authority denied the plane hijack, saying that the plane refueled in Mashhad and then flew to Kiev. Also, Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denied the report.
"There are no captured Ukrainian planes in Kabul or elsewhere. The information about the 'captured plane' that is being circulated by some media outlets is not true," according to the RBC Ukraine news agency", The Jerusalem Post quoted Oleg Nikolenko as saying.
A Ukrainian military plane evacuated 83 people from Kabul on Sunday, including journalists, activists, and Afghan women and children.
