Eighteen individuals together with Ukraine’s inside minister, different senior ministry officers and three kids have been killed when a helicopter crashed close to a nursery exterior Kyiv, Ukrainian officers say.
The helicopter got here down on Wednesday near the nursery and a residential constructing in Brovary to the northeast of the capital, native officers stated.
The regional governor stated 29 individuals have been additionally harm, together with 15 kids.
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The nationwide police chief stated that Inside Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, who was appointed underneath President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in 2021, was killed.
His first deputy, Yevheniy Yenin, and ministry state secretary Yurii Lubkovych additionally died, he stated.
“Because of the crash in Brovary, the management of the Ministry of Inner Affairs of Ukraine was killed. They have been within the helicopter of the State Emergency Service,” police chief Ihor Klymenko stated.
Movies shared on social media confirmed a burning constructing and folks may very well be heard screaming.
“There have been kids and … employees within the nursery on the time of this tragedy,” Kyiv area governor Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
It was not instantly clear what precipitated the helicopter to crash. There was no rapid remark from Russia, whose troops invaded Ukraine final February, and Ukrainian officers made no reference to any Russian assault within the space on the time.
“Sadly this occurred with a state emergency service helicopter which was fulfilling its process,” Air drive spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat instructed Apostrof TV.
