Plane crash in Ukraine: at least 20 dead

A military plane Antonov AN-26 crashed on Friday near the town of Tsugeev in the region Kharkiv from Ukraine, according to local media.

The plane reportedly crashed alongside a road during a training flight.

Ukrainian police are investigating information about the plane crash in the greater Kharkiv region, while an investigation and an operational team headed to the crash site.

Official update of State emergency service of Ukraine States that 18 of the passengers lost their lives, while others two people have been seriously injured, with burning 90% from his body. The head of the Kharkiv region also said there was survivors, without, however, mentioning their number.

According to a recent announcement by the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine, the death toll rose to 20, without specifying if they were the two people who were seriously injured in the collision.

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According to local media in Kharkov, it is possible that inside the aircraft they were and According to the command of the Ukrainian Air Force, the aircraft crashed during landing, while the same source spoke of deaths and injuries.

At the same time, the head of the Kharkiv region claimed that there were survivors of the plane crash. For its part, the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior stated that in The plane was carrying 23 people, 18 soldiers on probation and five officers.