A helicopter crash near a kindergarten school outside Ukraine capital Kyiv has killed 18, including the country’s interior minister, news agency AFP said Wednesday. Kyiv region governor, Oleksiy Kuleba said three children were also among those killed. “There is information about 29 wounded, including 15 children. All necessary assistance is provided to them,” he said. According to British broadcaster BBC, the minister’s deputy and another official also died.
“A helicopter… crashed in Brovary. As a result… leadership of the interior ministry died,” Igor Klymenko,the head of Ukraine’s police service, said.
The interior ministry was led by Denys Monastyrsky, a 42-year-old father of two who was appointed to the post in 2021. His deputy was Yevgeniy Yenin.
Nine of those killed were onboard the emergency serviceshelicopter that crashed in Brovary, Kyiv’s eastern suburb, news agency Reuters said.