Ukraine denies minister's claims of hijacked Afghanistan evacuation flight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : A Ukrainian minister has claimed a passenger jet meant to evacuate people fleeing Afghanistan to Ukraine was hijacked at gunpoint and flown instead to Iran, in an unconfirmed incident that was later denied by his own government.
33% : On Tuesday, our plane was effectively stolen - it flew to Iran with an unknown group of passengers onboard instead of carrying out the Ukrainians."

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