Share this contentCHUGUIV, Ukraine: At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others were seriously injured on Friday when a Ukranian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, the interior ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the crash as a"terrible tragedy" and said he would travel to the Kharkiv region on Saturday. In photos released by the emergency services, firefighters in helmets and reflective clothing sprayed aircraft debris with jets of water.The body of the plane burst into flames on landing and firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze after an hour.
Two months earlier, the same model of fighter crashed in a neighbouring region during the Clear Sky 2018 joint military exercises between Ukraine and NATO countries, killing the American and Ukranian pilots on board.
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