BREAKING: Minister Of Interior Dies In Helicopter Crash

BREAKING: Minister Of Interior Dies In Helicopter Crash

Ukraine’s interior minister was among 16 people killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv on Wednesday, officials said.

Cries could be heard at the scene, which was consumed by fire, in a video that circulated online after the incident.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

“In total, 16 people are currently known to have died,” the head of national police, Igor Klymenko, said.

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Several top interior ministry officials were killed, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and his first deputy minister, Yevgeniy Yenin, he said.

Monastyrsky, a father of two aged 42, was appointed interior minister in 2021.

Twenty-two people, including ten children, were hospitalized.

Children and employees were in the kindergarten at the time of the crash, according to officials.

Medics and police officers were on the scene.

The crash site is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Kyiv in the town of Brovary.

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