A helicopter has crashed in a Kyiv suburb killing 18 individuals, together with Ukraine's inside minister and three kids, Ukrainian authorities mentioned.
Inside Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Inside Affairs Yurii Lubkovych have been amongst these killed, in response to Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine's Nationwide Police.
Monastyrskyi is probably the most senior Ukrainian official to have died because the begin of the battle with Russia nearly 11 months in the past.
9 of these killed have been aboard the emergency companies helicopter that crashed in Brovary, an japanese suburb of the Ukrainian capital, Klymenko mentioned.
Kyiv Regional Governor Oleksii Kuleba mentioned three kids have been additionally killed. Earlier, officers and media experiences mentioned the helicopter crashed close to a kindergarten.
There was no instant phrase on whether or not the crash was an accident or a results of the battle with Russia. No combating has been reported not too long ago within the Kyiv space.
A complete of 29 individuals have been injured, together with 15 kids, the regional governor mentioned.
Ukraine first girl Olena Zelenska daubed teary eyes and pinched her nostril in emotion minutes earlier than attending a World Financial Discussion board session in Davos, Switzerland.
Discussion board President Borge Brende requested 15 seconds of silence after opening the session to honour the Ukrainian officers killed within the crash.