Ukrainian President at the bedside of the sole survivor of the plane crash

Ukraine: 26 people died in military transport plane crash -

The human toll increased during the night from Friday to Saturday.

A total of 26 people died - most of them military school students - in the crash of a military transport plane during a training flight in eastern Ukraine.

This Antonov An-26 military transport plane crashed on landing Friday evening two kilometers from Chugouiv military airport.

This Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to the bedside of the only survivor of this tragedy.

"Ukraine has lost 26 of its sons," he also declared on Facebook, decreeing a day of national mourning on Saturday.

"Fire, darkness and bodies all around"

Volodymyr Zelensky visited the scene of the accident and then visited the lone survivor, Vyacheslav Zolochevsky, a 20-year-old student, at the Kharkiv military hospital, according to a photo posted by the Ukrainian president on Facebook, showing the injured in bed, bandages on his head and arm.

The young man "regained consciousness near the carcass of the An-26", wrote Volodymyr Zelensky.

“The plane was destroyed, there was fire, darkness and bodies all around.

One of the people was on fire, ”he added, adding that Vyacheslav Zolotchevsky had tried to rescue him, praising his“ heroism ”.

This second student, who had also survived the disaster in an "extremely serious" condition, then died in hospital on Saturday morning, according to the Minister of Health.

According to doctors, the life of Vyacheslav Zolotchevsky was not in danger despite a concussion.

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