BREAKING: Ukraine's interior minister and two children were among at least 17 people killed in a helicopter crash outside Kyiv, officials said Wednesday.
— Ukraine's interior minister was among at least 17 people, including two children, killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital of Kyiv, officials said Wednesday.
In a video that circulated online from the aftermath of the incident, cries could be heard at the scene, which was consumed by a fire. There were no immediate details on the cause of the crash or whether it was an accident or stemmed from Ukraine's war against Russia. The Associated Press quotes Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine's National Police, as saying Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych were among the dead.Military members stand at the site where a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital of Kyiv on Jan. 18, 2023.Monastyrsky, a 42-year-old father of two, was appointed interior minister in 2021.
Russian and Ukrainian forces fought for control of Brovary in the early stages of Moscow's invasion until Russia's troops withdrew in early April.The crash came on the heels of a tragedy that saw 45 people, including six children, die when a Russian
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