Tehran (IP) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the crash of a Ukrainian military plane.

Iran Press/Iran News: Khatibzadeh expressed his condolences to the government and people of Ukraine, as well as the families of the victims of the tragic accident following the crash of a Ukrainian military plane that killed a number of Ukrainian citizens.

Twenty people have been killed in the crash of an AN-26 military transport aircraft in Ukraine.

The AN-26 military transport plane was carrying Ukrainian Air Force students and crashed late Friday evening on the outskirts of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.

Antonov An-26 was carrying 23 Ukrainian Air Force students in addition to the crew, and 20 people on board were killed.

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