UPDATE - 1 killed, 2 injured in AN-26 plane crash in southeastern Ukraine

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By Beyza Binnur Donmez

ANKARA (AA) – One person was killed and two were injured when a Ukrainian AN-26 plane crashed in the war-torn country's southeast on Friday during a "technical flight," authorities said.

"This morning, an AN-26 plane crashed in the Vilniansk district of the Zaporizhzhia region. The aircraft was performing a technical flight. There are casualties," the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration said on Telegram.

It later added: "It is currently known that one person was killed and two were injured. The number of crew and the reasons for the fall are being clarified."

According to preliminary and unconfirmed information, the plane hit an electric pole and its engine caught fire at 9 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), said the local military administration.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine and relevant bodies are working at the scene.

On the banks of the Dnieper River, the city is near the eastern Donbas region, the site of a renewed Russian offensive in its nearly two-month-old war on Ukraine, killing tens of thousands, and displacing millions.