A Ukrainian plane that arrived in Afghanistan to evacuateUkrainians 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 otherpeople. On Tuesday, the plane was practically stolen from us, it flew into Iranwith an unidentified group of passengers onboard instead of airliftingUkrainians. Our next three evacuation attempts were also not successful becauseour people could not get into the airport," he said, Tass reported.
According to him, the hijackers were armed. However, thedeputy minister did not report anything about what happened to the plane orwhether Kiev would seek to get it back or how the Ukrainian citizens got backfrom Kabul, onboard of this "practically stolen" plane or another onesent by Kiev.
Yenin only underlined that the whole diplomatic serviceheaded by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba "had been working in the crashtest mode" the whole week.
On Sunday, a military transport plane with 83 peopleonboard, including 31 Ukrainians, arrived from Afghanistan to Kiev.
The presidential office reported that 12 Ukrainianmilitary personnel returned home, while foreign reporters and public figureswho requested help were also evacuated. The office also added that around 100Ukrainians are still expecting evacuating in Afghanistan.