The Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevgeny Yenin was cited as indicated by the Russian Taas news agency that the aircraft was diverted by “armed persons”.
A minister in Ukraine said Tuesday that an evacuation flight was diverted from Afghanistan Sunday and taken in Iran. However, the claims were refused by Ukraine and Iran.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevgeny Yenin was cited as indicated by the Russian Taas news agency that the aircraft was diverted by “armed persons”. He said the plane was stolen from Ukraine and “stole from Iran with an unidentified group of passengers on board”.
However, he did not disclose more information on what happened to the flight.
Hours later, the authorities in Iran denied that any diverted plane landed in the country. Ukraine has also officially rejected Yenin’s affirmation that the aircraft has been diverted.
The spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleh Nikolenko denied that one of the aircraft of the country had been diverted to Kabul. He told Interfax Agency that Yenin “generally explained the unprecedented level of difficulty that diplomats had to face in order to evacuate the Ukrainians.”
Many countries have launched evacuation missions to eliminate their citizens from Afghanistan from the seized power of the Talibans on August 15. The rapid evacuation is underway with the help of the United States forces, which control Hamid Karzai International (HKI). Airport in Kabul.