A plane of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has crashed in the Kyiv region, killing five people, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported this on Twitter.
“A military plane of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 14 people on board crashed between the village of Zhukivtsi and Trypillia, the Obukhiv district, killing five people,” the statement said.
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- Russian military have penetrated the borders of four Ukrainian districts.
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