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Ukraine interior minister among 16 dead after helicopter crashes near Kyiv nursery

Published 08:39 18 Jan 2023 GMT

Updated 08:53 18 Jan 2023 GMT

Charlie Herbert
Ukraine interior minister among 16 dead after helicopter crashes near Kyiv nursery

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Two children were also killed in the crash

The Ukrainian interior minister, his deputy, and another official are among 16 people killed after an emergency services helicopter crashed near a nursery in the Kyiv region.

The governor of the Kyiv region said on Wednesday that a helicopter crashed near a nursery and a residential building earlier that day. The chief of Ukraine’s National Police, Ihor Klymenko, confirmed that two children were also killed in the crash. He wrote on Facebook that the helicopter belonged to Ukraine's state emergency service.

The minister, Denys Monastyrskiy, was with eight others in the helicopter. His deputy Eugene Yenin and state secretary Yurii Lubkovich also died in the crash.

A total of 22 people were injured, including 1o children, after the helicopter crashed in Brovary, Kyiv’s eastern suburb. https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1615618303153639427 https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1615627048671666177 https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1615627516370374656 Footage shared on social media appears to show the helicopter wreckage outside a burning building. Children and staff were moved from the kindergarten. https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1615627928267530241 https://twitter.com/DannyWArmstrong/status/1615629813682683905

According to the BBC, it was dark and foggy at the time of the crash and initial reports suggest the helicopter hit the kindergarten before crashing close to a residential building.

The cause of the crash has not yet been established.
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