Monastyrsky is the most senior Ukrainian official to have died since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
UKRAINE’S INTERIOR MINISTER Denys Monastyrsky was among the people killed in a helicopter crash near Kyiv today.
There was no immediate claim from Kyiv that Russian forces were involved in downing the aircraft and an investigation has been launched into the cause.SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo Monastyrsky pictured in May 2022 during a visit to the Hostomel Airfield in Ukraine SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo / Alamy Stock Photo
The 42-year-old was appointed as Interior Minister in 2021 – just a few months before the invasion. He was also a member of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.Lawyer-turned-politician Born in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnytsky in 1980, Monastyrsky worked as a lawyer before moving into politics in 2014.Monastyrsky was elected to parliament that year as a member of Zelenskyy’s political party, Servant of the People.
He was appointed as Interior Minister in July 2021 when Arsen Avakov resigned amid speculation that Zelenskyy was due to fire him.Avakov had held the ministerial post under four different administrations and was seen as standing in the way of the president’s attempts to stamp out corruption.
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