A Ukrainian military AN-26 plane reportedly crashed during a training flight in the eastern Kharkiv region. No word on victims. kh.depo.ua/rus/kh/pid-kha…
Purported video of the crash site in Kharkiv region.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirms the crash and says there are dead and wounded cadets involved. facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
Awful news. Ukraine's Interior Ministry says 28 people were on board the military plane when it crashed; 22 people killed, two wounded, search for four more people continues.
Ukraine faced with another tragedy after an AN-26 military plane carrying 27 servicemen, including 21 cadets, crashed in eastern Kharkiv region. 26 killed (some pictured below); just 1 cadet survived & is in being treated at nearby hospital. 📸 @Gerashchenko7 / Interior Ministry
@Gerashchenko7 President Zelensky says today is a day of mourning in Ukraine.
Authorities said preliminary info suggests the cause of the crash was left engine failure. An investigation is underway. All military training flights have been grounded for now.
Zelensky visited the only survivor of the An-26 crash, 20-year-old cadet Vyacheslav Zolochevsky, in the hospital today. Doctors say he is in stable condition but sustained several injuries. 📸 @APUkraine (office of the president)
@APUkraine There were meant to be 28 servicemen aboard the training flight that crashed but one cadet did not make it on the flight.
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