At least 18 people including Denis Monastyrsky, Ukrainian interior minister, and three other Ministers have been killed after a helicopter crashed beside a kindergarten in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
Gatekeepers News reports that the crash occurred on Wednesday and Oleksiy Kuleba, Head of Kyiv’s Regional Military Administration, said the tragedy in Brovary had left 29 injured and 18 including two children, dead.
He added that a fire started after the helicopter crashed and there are no explanations for what might have caused the accident.
At the time of the tragedy, there were children and staff in the kindergarten. At the moment, everyone has been evacuated.
In a statement, Ihor Klymenko, Police chief, said at least nine of the victims were aboard the helicopter which belonged to Ukraine’s state emergency service.
Another 22 people are in hospital, including 10 children, he added.
Paramedics, the police, and firefighters are responding at the scene.
