No Ukrainians were on bus that crashed in Belgium, says Foreign Ministry

10:17, 15.04.2013 1 min read

There were no Ukrainian citizens among those killed and injured in a bus accident near Antwerp, Belgium, on Sunday morning, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine reported.

"There were no Ukrainians among the passengers of the bus," Acting Director of the ministry's information policy department Yevhen Perebyinis told Interfax-Ukraine.

Three Russian nationals and two Poles were killed the accident, according to the Russian embassy in Belgium. Nineteen passengers sustained injuries.

There were 39 people in the bus, including 31 children. Children aged between 12 and 17 were traveling in the bus. All tourists who were traveling in this bus were Russian nationals.