This Wednesday, January 18, at least sixteen people – including the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior and two children – were killed in the crash of a helicopter near kyiv, announced the national police.
At least sixteen people, including the Ukrainian interior minister and two children, were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday near a kindergarten in the kyiv region, national police said. ” In total, we currently have information on 16 deaths, including two children. “, said the police in a press release. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, his first deputy Yevgeny Ienin, 42, and another senior ministry official on board the aircraft were also killed, the statement said.
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In addition, 22 injured including ten children were hospitalized, according to the same source. The crash took place in Brovary, a town of some 100,000 people that borders the eastern suburbs of the capital, kyiv. At the time of the tragedy, children and employees of the kindergarten were on the spot, indicated the regional governor Oleksiï Kouleba.
According to footage posted on social media, a huge fire broke out after the helicopter fell. No information on the cause of the tragedy was immediately released. The aircraft that crashed belonged to the State Service for Emergency Situations under the Interior Ministry, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force.
(With AFP)
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