At present, 18 have died, including the Minister of the Interior, the Deputy Minister and the Secretary of State. They have also reported the deaths of three children.
The Minister of the Interior of Ukraine, Dennis Monastyrskydied along with his deputy and 18 other people in the accident of a helicopter that crashed this morning in the Ukrainian city brovariumin the Kyiv region.
The head of the country’s National Police has announced the death of the minister, his “number two” and the secretary of state. In total there are about 16 deaths in the accident, including 3 children. In addition, 29 were injured, including 15 children.
At the moment, the causes of the accident are not known and there are no comments from Russia. Ukraine’s Chief Prosecutor, Andrei Kostin, has stated that “all options are being considered for now”. Ukrainian police spokeswoman Mariana Reva, for her part, has emphasized that it is too early to comment on the causes.
The helicopter crashed this Wednesday near a daycare center and an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Brovary, near Kiev: “At the time of the tragedy, children and employees of the institution were in the nursery. At the moment, the whole world has been evacuated There are casualties,” the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, reported on his Telegram account minutes after the accident.
Interior minister Denis Monastyrski is said to be the most senior officer killed in the conflict since Moscow ordered the invasion of the country.
Zelensky asks for “clarification” of the incident
Ukraine’s President Volodimir Zelensky confirmed Denis Monastirski’s death on Wednesday and demanded “to clarify the circumstances of what happened”.
“Today a terrible tragedy took place in Brovary,” the president said. “The pain is unspeakable. The helicopter crashed on the grounds of a daycare center,” he said, before insisting that “the exact number of victims of the tragedy be clarified.”
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