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Eight citizens of Ukraine were killed and one was injured in an accident involving a van with the Ukrainian registration on the road in Pskov region of Russia, a press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported.

“Late on February 13, at about 00.30 a Mercedes Sprinter collided with a Volvo truck and as a result, eight people were killed and one Ukrainian was injured,” reads a report on the service’s website on Feb. 13 morning.

According to the report, the case is under control of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine.