The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported that four more Ukrainian citizens who were on board the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship that ran aground off the Italian coast, will return home on Jan. 16 and 20.
According to the ministry, 27 out of the 35 Ukrainian citizens who were on board the ship arrived in Kyiv on Jan. 15.
Immediately upon arrival, Foreign Ministry diplomats met them at the airport and helped them get to Odesa, Simferopol, Lviv and Kharkiv.
Four more Ukrainians, at their request, were sent to the city of Reggio Calabria and Barcelona to their places of temporary residence.
On Jan. 13, the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship that was carrying more than 4,200 people, ran aground near the island of Giglio off the coast of the Italian region of Tuscany and then sank.
According to the latest reports, six people were killed and about 15 are still missing.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed reports that 35 Ukrainians had been rescued from the Costa Concordia.
