Two Ukrainian citizens were killed in a Ugandan plane crash on Monday, Vasyl Kyrylych, a Spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, announced in Kiev on Tuesday.
"All the eleven people aboard, including two Ukrainian citizens, are believed to have been killed in the crash," Kyrylych quoted the information from the Ukrainian embassy in Ethiopia as saying.
He noted that the airplane was flying from Uganda to Somalia as part of a peacekeeping mission when it crashed.
"A search has been launched at the site of the crash, however the bodies of the 11 crew members have not yet been found," Kyrylych said.
Ukraine Foreign Ministry has instructed the country's embassy in Ethiopia to take effective measures to find out the victims.
The Ugandan civil aviation authority said that an Il-76 airplane, which was owned by the Aerolift airline company, on Monday caught fire and crashed into Lake Victoria in Uganda just two minutes after take-off. All the 11 people aboard were feared dead.