Near Kyiv, a Ukrainian military plane carrying up to 14 passengers crashed. According to AFP, the plane crashed near the Ukrainian city of Kyiv, citing Ukrainian emergency services.
So far, almost 40 people have been killed in Ukraine by the Russian military. A Russian plane was shot down over the Luhansk Region, according to the Ukraine Army.
Russia has taken control of two villages in Ukraine’s east after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on the country.
In a televised speech prior to the invasion, Putin urged Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms and return home. He described conflicts between Russian and Ukrainian forces as “inevitable,” adding that the special military activity was “aimed at demilitarising and denazifying Ukraine.”
