President Zelensky Mourns as Ukraine’s Interior Minister, 17 Others Die in Helicopter Crash

*The site of helicopter crash incident that took the lives of 2 ministers and 16 others. PHOTO; New York Times

 

 

By Cecilia Odey

Kiev, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua/NAN) Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was among the 18 killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday morning.

Also in the crash was his deputy, Yevhen Yenin, as reported by the official sources.

The crash occurred near a kindergarten in Brovary, a town in the region of Kiev, Ukrainian capital.

The cause of the crash had yet to be established at the time of this report.

 

(Xinhua/NAN)

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