Ukraine Withdrawing Its Kam Air Workers after Hotel Attack

Following the 17-hour siege of the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul this weekend, the Ukrainian government confirmed that seven of its nationals, including two women, were killed in the overnight rampage by the Taliban.
Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs said all Ukrainian nationals, working for Kam Air aviation company, are being pulled out of Afghanistan.
According to reports, Afghanistan bound commercial flights from the Ukraine have also been suspended.
“As of today, we can confirm that (the attack in Afghanistan) took the lives of seven Ukrainians. Unfortunately, we are afraid that there could be more casualties. We are working closely with the Afghanistan authorities; our consuls are certainly working on the ground,” said Ukraine’s foreign minister Pavlo Anatoliyovych Klimkin.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said late Sunday he was shocked by reports about the death of Ukrainians in the weekend attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.
Poroshenko tweeted on Sunday, “Shocked by tragic news from Afghanistan. Ukrainian citizens, employees of the Ukrainian airline, fell victims of the terrorist attack in Kabul. My sincere condolences go to the families of all the deceased.”
In addition to the seven Ukrainian nationals, one German, one Kazakh and two Venezuelan nationals were also believed to have died in the attack.
Saturday’s deadly attack left at least 43 people dead and many more injured. However, government has only confirmed the death of 29 people.