Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Unidentified armed persons Hijacked Ukrainian plane from Kabul and flown to Iran
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that unknown armed persons hijacked the Ukrainian plane, which arrived in Kabul to evacuate Ukrainian citizens, and flew it to Iran.
Today, Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Lenin said, "Last Sunday, our plane was hijacked by unknown persons. On Tuesday, indeed, a plane was stolen from us, and instead of evacuating the Ukrainians, it went to Iran with an unknown group on board."
- "Our 3 attempts to evacuate our citizens were also not successful, because our passengers could not reach the airport," Lenin added. However, he did not report anything about what happened to the plane. Trending : Oman lifts travel ban on 18 countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Philippines
- Lenin explained that the entire diplomatic fellowship, headed by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, worked during the past week to solve the problem of the plane.
- On Sunday, a military transport plane with 83 people onboard, with 31 Ukrainians arrived from Afghanistan to Kiev. The Presidential office reported that 12 Ukrainian military personnel returned home
- The evacuation of foreign nationals and Afghans working on foreign missions through the only airport in Kabul, which is under the control of the United States and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Recommend : Commercial flights suspended in Kabul of Afghanistan
- After the United States announced the end of 20-year long military operation in Afghanistan and started to pull soldiers, Taliban went on an offensive against Afghanistan government forces. On 15th August Taliban swept into Kabul, forcing US and other countries to evacuate their embassy staff and people.
