In the city of Kremenchuk (Poltava region), a Mi-8 helicopter crashed. According to preliminary data, the car touched the power transmission line, passes the radiation of the State Service for Emergency Situations.

In Kremenchug, a helicopter fell. It is known that 4 people could be on board, their fate is not known at the moment, the State Emergency Service of the region.

As the speaker of the State Emergency Situations Department of the Poltava Region Svetlana Rybalko said, the information that the helicopter hit the television tower is false.

The police report that three people may have died. Police officers and rescuers work at the scene.

"According to preliminary data, the helicopter is a private. he carried out a training flight, "said the speaker of the National Policy of the region Yuri Sulaev.

According to the local edition of Telegraf, a white helicopter Mi-8 (Kiev). On board were three people. The wreckage of the car is scattered around the area. Firefighters do not leave the helicopter - it constantly flares up.

The crash site is cordoned off by the police.

UPD 21:07 As reported by local residents, the helicopter touched the cable, serving as a telescope extension. Then the helicopter fell on the electric transmission line. As reported by residents of the 304th quarter and Petrovka, they lost electricity.

UPD 21:

15 Kremenchuk Newspaper reported that the Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Helicopters Company was carrying out a training flight with listeners and crashed into the TV tower.

According to the publication, three corpses were found at the site of the tragedy, although there were four people in the helicopter.

It also became known to the newspaper that the listeners of the company "Ukrainian helicopters" were trained in the night vision system - night flights with night vision devices.

Three crews arrived in Kremenchuk for training and they were to fly 10 hours of flights at night.