Two Ukrainians among victims of plane crash in Karelia, according to updated lists

Two Ukrainians were among those killed in a crash of the Tupolev Tu-134 airplane in Karelia, according to the updated lists of victims released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

Two Ukrainians - Khrystyna Onyschenko, born 1989, and Vahram Simovian, 1975, died in the crash. Besides, the Russian Emergencies Ministry posted on its Web site the list of those who survived the crash. There are no Ukrainian citizens among them.

Previous reports listed three Ukrainian citizens among those killed in the crash.

The Tu-134 airplane owned by the RusAir airline company, which was flying from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, crashed while approaching the Karelian capital in the early hours of June 21. As a result of the crash landing, the airplane's fuselage collapsed, causing fire. There were 52 people on board, 45 of them died, seven sustained various injuries.