A Ukrainian plane that arrived in Afghanistan to evacuate
Ukrainians has been hijacked by unidentified people who flew it into Iran,
Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin said on Tuesday.
"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," he said, Tass reported.
According to him, the hijackers were armed. However, the
deputy minister did not report anything about what happened to the plane or
whether Kiev would seek to get it back or how the Ukrainian citizens got back
from Kabul, onboard of this "practically stolen" plane or another one
sent by Kiev.
Yenin only underlined that the whole diplomatic service
headed by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba "had been working in the crash
test mode" the whole week.
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On Sunday, a military transport plane with 83 people onboard, including 31 Ukrainians, arrived from Afghanistan to Kiev.
The presidential office reported that 12 Ukrainian military personnel returned home, while foreign reporters and public figures who requested help were also evacuated. The office also added that around 100 Ukrainians are still expecting evacuating in Afghanistan.