From correspondents in Europe, 04:01 AM IST

Five people were killed Sunday in two helicopter crashes in Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported.

The first accident took place after an Mi-2 helicopter hit a farmland in the southern Crimea province.

Two people on board, including the pilot, were killed, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Emergency Situations (UMES).

The second crash came after a helicopter went down in Ukraine's mountainous western Ivano-Frankivsk province, killing all three people on board.

The cause of the crashes is not known yet.

Officials from the ministry of transport were investigating the incidents.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)