7 May 2014 12:01

Ukraine denies entry to plane captain

MOSCOW. May 7 (Interfax) - Border guards at Ukrainian airports barred nine Russians, including the captain of a Russian place, from entering Ukraine, a source in an airline flying to Ukraine told Interfax on Wednesday.

"Five Russians were barred from entering the country by border guards at the Kyiv airport, three were denied entry in Dnepropetrovsk, and one in Odesa," the source said.

Among the people who were denied entry in Ukraine was the captain of a Russian plane.

"He was to fly back this morning and the plane captain spent the night in the plane," the source said.

All of the Russians denied entry in Ukraine were sent back to Russia on planes at the airlines' expense, the source said.