A helicopter crashed in fog near a nursery outside Kyiv, killing 14 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called a “terrible tragedy,” before calling for an investigation. | Reuters
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi died along with his first deputy, Yevheniy Yenin, and the ministry’s state secretary. Monastyrskyi was 42 and had been interior minister since July 2021.
The SBU said it was considering several possible causes, including a breach of flight rules, a technical malfunction and the intentional destruction of the helicopter. A subdued Zelensky expressed gratitude to passersby and nursery employees for safeguarding the children during nearly nine hours of rescue efforts.“This has been a dreadful day which we must get through and must endure. And we will endure it,” he said in his address, singling out childcare workers by name.
The State Emergency Service put the death toll at 14, including the three helicopter crew and six others on board. One child was killed on the ground and 11 other children were among 25 injured people, it said.
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