Ukrainian minister claims that a passenger plane was designed to evacuate and flee Afghanistan The person heading to Ukraine was hijacked at gunpoint and flew to Iran. This was an unconfirmed incident, which was later denied by his own government.
Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Yenin said that armed hijackers hijacked the plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, before the August 31 deadline set by the Taliban for foreign troops to leave the country , The evacuation of multiple countries is underway.
“Our plane was hijacked last Sunday [unknown] People,” Yenin told Ukrainian Public Radio. “They are fully armed, including guns.On Tuesday, our plane was actually stolen-it flew Iran There was a group of unknown passengers on board, not Ukrainians. “
It is not clear whether Ye Ning meant the incident occurred on August 15, when the Taliban entered Kabul, or August 22, and why there was a two-day gap between the hijacking and the flight.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Later denied the claim, Told the local Internet TV station Hromadske that Yenin tried to describe the difficulties that Ukrainian pilots faced during their evacuation from Kabul.
The spokesperson said that Ukraine had evacuated 256 citizens through three flights, adding that all the aircraft used to evacuate Ukrainian citizens from Afghanistan are currently in Ukraine.
An Iranian official also denied the allegations of the hijacking, saying that the plane landed in Mashhad, a city in the northeast of the country, for refueling, and then continued to fly to Kiev.
FlightRadar data shows that a Ukrainian plane previously leased to Afghan private airline Kam Air flew from Kabul to Mashhad on Monday, instead of Tuesday as Yenin said. Data from Flightradar showed that the plane flew from Mashhad to Kiev later on Monday.
