“A terrible tragedy occurred today during the training flight.
During the landing approach, a military transport aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine An-26, tail number 76, crashed near Chuguev, ”he wrote on his Facebook page.
He assured that the causes of the tragedy "will be the subject of a thorough investigation."
On September 25, in the evening in the Kharkov region, near the Chuguev airfield, an An-26 aircraft with cadets on board crashed during the landing approach.
According to the latest data, 22 people died.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the creation of a government commission to clarify the circumstances and causes of the plane crash. The head of state intends to arrive in the Kharkiv region in connection with the incident.