Ukraine: Interior minister Monastyrsky, his deputy and 16 others killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv

In Ukraine, the inside minister Denys Monastyrsky, his deputy and 16 others have been killed in a tragic helicopter crash in Brovary, simply outdoors of Kyiv on January 18.

The helicopter crashed close to a kindergarten, killing three nursery kids, as per reviews.

Along with Denys Monastyrsky, his first deputy Yevgeny Yenin and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovich had been amongst 8 authorities officers who had been travelling in that helicopter.

The helicopter was reportedly a Eurocopter EC225 LP Super Puma. It just isn’t clear whether or not it was shot down or it crashed as a consequence of some other issue.

#BreakingNews | 16 folks together with Ukraine’s inside minister and different senior officers killed when a helicopter crash in a suburb outdoors Kyiv, reviews National Police Chief pic.twitter.com/ADHjxRcXud

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As per reviews, National police chief Ihor Klymenko confirmed on social media that the helicopter belonged to Ukraine’s state emergency providers.

The helicopter reportedly first crashed into the kindergarten earlier than hitting a close-by residential constructing.

Oleksiy Kuleba, the top of Kyiv’s regional army administration has knowledgeable that the crash has left 29 individuals injured and 18 lifeless.

More particulars on the incident are awaited.

It is notable right here that only a day in the past, Aleksey Arestovich, one in every of President Zelensky’s high advisors had admitted that the missile explosion on a residential constructing in Dnipro not too long ago was the results of a Ukrainian air defence deflecting an incoming missile. Soon after admitting this, Aleksey Arestovich had resigned from his submit.