Two other people on board were seriously injured and four people were missing, emergency services said.
The An-26 crashed while landing at the airport in Chuhuiv, about 250 miles east of the capital Kiev.
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Wreckage of an An-26 military plane will be examined (Kharkiv Regional State Administration via AP)
Reports said that the plane had a military crew and that most of those aboard were students at an aviation university run by the defence ministry.
There were no immediate indications of what caused the crash.
