Mystery over the hijacking of a Ukrainian plane that went to Afghanistan to rescue civilians

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Amid the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan, a hijacking of a plane with Ukrainian civilians is a mystery and no whereabouts of the plane is being traced. A Ukrainian plane flew to Kabul to pick up its citizens. Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yeni claimed that the plane had been hijacked and taken to Iran. However, Iran has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating "Similar, baseless allegations concerning Iran's nuclear program have been made more than once. In addition, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has now denied that the plane was hijacked. However, as no information is available about the aircraft, the mystery remains.

Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yeni claimed that his plane had been hijacked in Afghanistan. Yevgeny gave this information to the Russian news agency Tas. The plane was carrying Ukrainian nationals from Kabul. He said the plane had been taken to Iran. However, it is not known who hijacked the plane.

"We found out on August 9 that one of our planes had been hijacked," Yenin said. Then on the 9th it was found out that the plane had been stolen. The plane arrived in Iran carrying an unknown group of tourists instead of airlifting Ukrainian citizens. Our other rescue missions have also failed, as our citizens have not been able to reach Kabul airport. The hijacking comes at a time when countries around the world are trying desperately to evacuate their citizens and Afghans fearful of the Taliban from Afghanistan.

However, Ukraine's deputy foreign minister's claim has been rejected by Iran. Iran's aviation regulator has denied Yenin's claim, saying the Ukrainian plane had stopped refueling in the city of Mashhad on the night of August 9 and was refueling, arriving in Kiev at 9.30pm.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Chairman Oleg Nikolenko said no Ukrainian aircraft had been hijacked in Kabul or anywhere else. Some media are spreading the news of 'plane hijacking', which is not true.

The hijackers were armed, according to Yevgeny Yenin. However, Yeni was not told what happened to the plane, what Ukraine will do or is doing to bring the plane back. He only said that the entire embassy, ​​headed by External Affairs Minister Dmitry Kuleba, was operating in "disaster test mode". On August 9, a military transport plane carrying 21 people from Ukraine and a total of eight people arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev from Afghanistan. 100 Ukrainians are still in Afghanistan.