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Monday, 29 July, 2002, 16:41 GMT 17:41 UK
In pictures: Ukraine mourns crash victims
Ukraine is in mourning after a Soviet-era Su-27 fighter jet crashed into a crowd at an air show on Saturday, killing at least 83 people, many of them children.
Hundreds of relatives visited the site on Monday
Ukrainian Orthodox priests led a two-hour service
Some came to pray, others to examine the burnt earth left behind
Many of the dead and injured were children
A $2m fund has been set up to help the victims
Military chiefs and pilots have been blamed for the disaster
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