A Ukrainian military plane carrying aviation school students has crashed and burst into flames while landing, leaving 22 people dead.
Two other people on board were seriously injured and four people were missing, emergency services said.
The An-26 crashed while landing at the airport in Chuhuiv, about 250 miles east of the capital Kiev.
Reports said that the plane had a military crew and that most of those aboard were students at an aviation university run by the defence ministry.
There were no immediate indications of what caused the crash.
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